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Science 5 Q4-Mod 1- Weathering

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3mins

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Class
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1.

Choose the best answer.

Which is the most useful effect of weathering?

a)

Formation of new rock

b)

Formation of rock formation

c)

Formation of soil

d)

Formation of new road

2.

Choose the best answer.

What will happen to a rock when it exposed to higher temperature?

a)

expands

b)

evaporates

c)

contracts

d)

sinks

3.

Choose the best answer.

All are human activities that causes weathering EXCEPT one.

a)

People mining

b)

People sailing

c)

People quarrying

d)

People constructing road

4.

Choose the best answer.

Maxene observed small plants growing between cracks in rocks. What will happen to these rocks if plant keeps on growing?

a)

The rocks will stay the same.

b)

The rocks will break.

c)

The rocks will not change.

d)

The rocks will break and change.

5.

Choose the best answer.

How does water contribute to the weathering of the rock?

a)

water causes the rock to melt

b)

water dissolves the rock

c)

water soften rocks and breaks into pieces

d)

flowing water can slowly wash away the surface of the rocks

6.

Choose the best answer.

What refers to the proccess of breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces?

a)

erosion

b)

landslide

c)

tsunami

d)

weathering

7.

Choose the best answer.

How do animals break down rocks?

a)

animals step on the rocks

b)

use of their hooves and horns

c)

acid from dead animals weaken rocks

d)

all of the above

8.

Choose the best answer.

This is an agent of weathering that can be controlled.

a)

animals

b)

people

c)

water

d)

plants

9.

Choose the best answer.

Which causes weathering in the desert?

a)

water

b)

people

c)

temperature

d)

animals

10.

Choose the best answer.

Which is NOT true about weathering?

a)

Weathering shapes the earth’s surface.

b)

Weathering is the transfer of rocks particles.

c)

Weathering is a natural process.

d)

Weathering is breaking of rocks