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Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is weathering?

a)

A very weak acid formed in solution when carbon dioxide dissolves in water

b)

The result of air pollution

c)

Breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals on earths surface

d)

Telling the weather

2.

How is Chemical Weathering caused

a)

By rain water reacting with mineral grains in rocks

b)

By pouring Clorox on an ant hill

c)

By the rock being affected by water

d)

Mixing chemicals with rain

3.

Who deseveres the key lime pie the most?

a)

Yall

b)

Us

4.

What is Acid Rain

a)

Acid mixed with rain

b)

Dirty rain

c)

The result of Air Pollution

5.

How does Carbonic acid work

a)

It forms with water and makes a super acid and then breaks rocks

b)

Very weak acid is formed in solution when carbon dioxide dissolves in water

c)

It dissolves water

6.

what are considered to be living organisms?

a)

Many forms of life

b)

An individual form of life

c)

Something that moves on its own

d)

A working civilization

7.

Whats Oxygen? /gen

a)

smoke

b)

Wind

c)

Air

d)

A gas essential to all organic life on earth

8.

What does Physical/ Mechanical weathering do

a)

Cause rocks to break apart and crumble

b)

Causes rocks to melt

c)

Causes rocks to transform

9.

Which process does abrasion fall under

a)

physical

b)

chemical

c)

biological

10.

How does thawing work

a)

ice water slowly breaks the rock away under the water

b)

rocks fall in water, freezes, and the pressure breaks them apart

c)

water gets in the cracks of rocks and freezes, breaking them more

d)

hail chips away at the rocks

11.

How do animals contribute to the cycle

a)

they use the rocks to help barricade their homes

b)

they eat the rocks

c)

they use the rocks as weapons

d)

they dig in the rocks for shelter

12.

whos the coolest out of all three of us?

a)

+*Ariel*+

b)

Abbygail

c)

Konstanze

d)

all of us <3

13.

are plants able to break rocks apart?

a)

YES

b)

NO

14.

How are both physical and chemical weathering rates are affected by climate, topography and rock composition?

a)

it melts the rocks

b)

rain and temperature will help break down the rocks much easier

c)

it makes them more appetizing to the animals

15.

the process of being broke down and eroded by natural forces is

a)

plant growth

b)

erosion

c)

abrasion

d)

acid rain

16.

deposition is...

a)

animals digging inside the rocks

b)

rock transformation

c)

crushing rocks

d)

rocks/minerals/sediment being carried away by wind, water, ice, etc