WorksheetsWeathering Assessment
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which describes the weakening and breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces?
Erosion
Deposition
Weathering
Landslide
Which type of weathering changes the size and shape of the rocks?
Chemical
Erosion
Lithification
Mechanical
Which shows chemical weathering?
Rocks are dissolved by acid.
Rocks are irregularly shaped.
Rocks are broken into pieces.
Rocks are changed into finer particles.
Which is human activity that can cause weathering of rocks?
Painting
Thawing
Burrowing
Quarrying
How do animals cause the breakdown of rocks?
By smelling the rocks
By looking at the rocks
By burrowing on the rocks
By exhaling air on the rocks
Which of the following happens to the land as rocks break down due to weathering?
It cleans the water in the land
It changes the shape of the land.
It converts the land into the water.
It changes the gravity of the land.
Why is weathering an important process in the environment?
Weathering changes rocks into different shapes.
Weathering of rocks helps in building houses.
Weathering of rocks helps in building bridges and road.
Weathering forms the basic component of soil which is important for food production.
Which of the following agents contribute to the weathering of rocks?
sky, clouds
atmosphere
animals, plant
gravity, erosion
Which causes the outer layers of rocks to crack and peel off due to their exposure to heat of the sun and cold air?
running water
growing plants
erosion of rocks
changes in temperature
What happens to rocks due to continuous weathering?
Becomes ice.
Becomes soil.
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Becomes minerals.
Becomes new rocks
