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Geography Test 1

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals on Earths surface.

a)

Transformation

b)

Weathering

c)

Wheathering

d)

Erosion

2.

These processes are more rapid in desert and in the cold environment on high mountains and closer to the poles.

a)

Chemical Weathering

b)

Physical Weathering

c)

Biological Weathering

3.

Is a type of weathering which caused by rain water reacting with the mineral grains in rocks to form new minerals (clays) and soluble salts.

a)

Physical Weathering

b)

Chemical Weathering

c)

Biological Weathering

4.

A type of weathering that causes the weakening and subsequent disintegration of rock by plants, animals and microbes.

a)

Physical weathering

b)

Chemical weathering

c)

Biological Weathering

5.

Which of the following is not a physical weathering process?

a)

Oxidation

b)

Freeze-thaw

c)

Exfoliation

6.

Which of the following is a chemical weathering process?

a)

Exfoliation

b)

carbonation

c)

erosion

d)

wedging effects of tree roots

7.

For (a)   action to take place, intense cold is not needed. What is needed is for the temperature to fall below and rise above 0°C many times to produce many cycles

8.

Is a form of physical (mechanical) weathering in which curved plates of rock are stripped from rock below.

(a)  

9.

(a)   is the process that happens when the rock type in an area is limestone.

10.

(a)   is a rain or any other form of precipitation that is unusually acidic, meaning that it has elevated levels of hydrogen ions.

11.

The process of _______ affects ricks in dry areas, where oxygen is in direct contact with the rocks

a)

exfoliation

b)

carbonation

c)

oxidation

12.

Which type of weathering caused this rock deformation?

a)

Physical (mechanical)

b)

Chemical

c)

Biological

13.

Which type of weathering caused this rock deformation?

a)

physical (mechanical)

b)

chemical

c)

biological

14.

Which type of weathering caused this rock deformation?

a)

physical (mechanical)

b)

chemical

c)

bilogical

15.

This climate is found in the areas of high mountain ranges (high altitudes), and also closer to the North and South Poles (latitudes).

a)

Frost Climate

b)

Temperate Climate

c)

Desert

d)

Humid Tropical Climate

16.

This climate have the fastest weathering rates on Earth.

a)

Frost climate

b)

Temperate climate

c)

Desert

d)

Humid Tropical Climate

17.

This landscapes lack soil, so the bedrock is often exposed, and the landscape appears to be quite “angular".

a)

Frost climate

b)

Temperate climate

c)

Desert

d)

Humid Tropical climate

18.

The main type of weathering in these areas is chemical,

a)

Frost climate

b)

Temperate climate

c)

Desert

d)

Humid Tropical climate

19.

Briefly explain the freeze-thaw process.

4 lines
20.

Briefly explain the carbonation (chemical weathering) process.

4 lines
21.

Who killed Goliath?

a)

God

b)

Stone

c)

Sun

d)

David