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Types of weathering

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Process by which rocks are broken down by the forces of nature.

a)

Erosion

b)

Weathering

c)

Metamorphism

2.

What is the name of this storm?

a)

Dust storm

b)

Saltation

c)

Creep

3.

When particles are too heavy to be lifted, they are rolled in shorts bursts:

a)

Suspension

b)

Saltation

c)

Creep

4.

Example of Physical weathering:

a)
b)
5.

Avalanche is a mass of ice and snow abruptly dislodging from a mountain face

a)
b)
c)
d)
6.

Is a valley glacier:

a)
b)
7.

Sea stack forms when a sea arch collapses, is an insolated column of rock.

a)
b)
c)
d)
8.

Is a hole in the ground that forms when the water dissolves surface rock.

a)

Mainland

b)

Sound

c)

Sinkhole

d)

Cave

9.

This picture represents:

a)

Delta

b)

Meanders

c)

Oxbow lake

10.

Example of chemical weathering:

a)
b)
11.

If a stalactite and stalagmite grow until they join

a)

Stalactites

b)

Column

c)

Stalagmite

12.

Transverse dunes

a)
b)
c)
13.

Is a continental glacier:

a)
b)