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Weathering and Erosion Quiz

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 3600secs

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the breaking down of rock and other materials on Earth's surface?

a)

acid rain

b)

glacier

c)

abrasion

d)

weathering

2.

What is the process of rock breaking down physically, but not chemically?

a)

chemical weathering

b)

rust

c)

acid rain

d)

mechanical weathering

3.

What occurs when rocks rub against each other, becoming less jagged and more rounded?

a)

abrasion

b)

glacier

c)

oxidation

d)

acid rain

4.

What is a type of precipitation that often causes chemical weathering?

a)

rust

b)

acid rain

c)

glacier

d)

abrasion

5.

What is the movement of weathered rock, sediment, or particles from one place to another?

a)

erosion

b)

glacier

c)

oxidation

d)

chemical weathering

6.

What is the most common and powerful causes of erosion?

a)

pollution

b)

rust

c)

moving water

d)

glaciers

7.

What is the process of oxygen combining with chemicals to form a new substance?

a)

glacier

b)

oxidation

c)

mechanical weathering

d)

erosion

8.

What is the term form a large moving sheet of ice and snow that has the ability to erode rock?

a)

glacier

b)

rust

c)

weathering

d)

oxidation

9.

What is the type of weathering in which rock is changed into a different substance?

a)

Chemical weathering

b)

Mechanical weathering

10.

What is the product of the process from oxidation that produces an orange color seen on iron rocks or objects?

a)

glacier

b)

rust

c)

abrasion

d)

erosion

11.

In wet environments, what is the major cause of erosion?

a)

moving water

b)

wind

c)

animal movement

12.

Rust is the result of what process?

a)

oxidation

b)

erosion