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Soil and Weathering

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What most likely caused this rock to become this shape?

a)

landslide

b)

ice

c)

wind and sand

d)

acid rain

2.

What most likely caused changes in the rocks?

a)

wind

b)

chemicals in water

c)

ice

d)

roots

3.

What is humus?

a)

a spread made of chickpeas

b)

remains of dead plants and animals

c)

extra moisture in the air

d)

a group of people

4.

What caused this rock to split?

a)

ice

b)

roots

c)

acid rain

d)

wind

5.

Which location would have the most humus?

a)

parched land

b)

shoreline

c)

high peaks

d)

woodlands

6.

What most likely caused splits in the rocks?

a)

freezing and thawing

b)

wind

c)

acid rain

d)

tree roots

7.

What earth material can be found in soil?

a)

gravel

b)

humus

c)

silt

d)

pebbles

e)

all of the choices

8.

What most likely caused this rock to be in this form?

a)

wind and sand

b)

acid rain

c)

landslide

d)

flash flood

9.

Which weathered rock is the largest category of rock pieces; component of soil (the biggest rock piece in the vials)?

a)

gravel

b)

sand

c)

pebbles

d)

silt

10.

Which weathered rocks are smaller than pebbles but bigger than sand; component of soil (the second biggest rock pieces in the vials)?

a)

sand

b)

silt

c)

pebbles

d)

gravel

11.

Which weathered rocks are smaller than gravel, but bigger than silt; component of soil?

a)

sand

b)

gravel

c)

silt

d)

clay

12.

Which weathered rock particles rocks are smaller than sand, but bigger than clay?

a)

humus

b)

pebbles

c)

silt

d)

gravel

13.

What are the smallest category of rock pieces? A magnifying glass is needed to see them.

a)

silt

b)

pebbles

c)

sand

d)

clay

14.

What is the process by which larger rocks crack and break apart over time to form smaller rocks?

a)

slope

b)

weathering

c)

volcano

d)

wind power

15.

The process by which rocks are broken down by breaking and banging?

a)

chemical weathering

b)

particle

c)

stream

d)

physical weathering

16.

The rubbing, grinding, and bumping of rocks that cause physical weathering.

a)

abrasion

b)

clay

c)

decay

d)

acid rain

17.

What is a form of precipitation containing acid, which forms when carbon dioxide gas in the air dissolves in water droplets; a form of chemical weathering?

a)

downpour

b)

hail

c)

acid rain

d)

geothermal

18.

What is the process by which the minerals in a rock can change due to chemicals in water and air? It can cause rocks to break apart.

a)

chemical weathering

b)

physical weathering

c)

solar energy

d)

eruption

19.

Which is the best definition of weathering?

a)

movement of earth materials

b)

process of breaking down rocks and minerals near the Earth's surface

c)

settling of rocks and minerals at the mouth of a river or stream

d)

studying the daily weather of different environments

20.

What do you think caused the rapid change shown in the picture?

a)

hurricane

b)

landslide

c)

volcano

d)

tornado

21.

An example of ________________ is when acid rain interacts with certain rocks to create new materials.

a)

physical weathering

b)

chemical weathering

c)

flash flood

d)

wind erosion

22.

What is the difference of weathering and erosion of Earth materials?

a)

weathering is the movement; erosion is the breaking down

b)

weathering occurs from rainfall; erosion occurs because of the wind

c)

weathering is the breaking down; erosion is the movement

d)

There is no difference

23.

Rocks often collide and break into smaller pieces. This describes and an example of which process?

a)

rapid change

b)

erosion

c)

deposition

d)

weathering

24.

a mix of humus, sand, silt, clay, gravel and/or pebble

a)

earth materials

b)

soil

c)

abrasion

d)

erosion

25.

Which soil layer is represented by O?

a)

humus

b)

bedrock

c)

topsoil

d)

subsoil

26.

Which soil layer is represented by C?

a)

topsoil

b)

bedrock

c)

humus

d)

subsoil

27.

Which soil layer is represented by A?

a)

subsoil

b)

humus

c)

topsoil

d)

bedrock

28.

Which soil layer is represented by B?

a)

bedrock

b)

topsoil

c)

humus

d)

subsoil

29.

Which is NOT a rapid cause of change in a landform?

a)

landslide

b)

erosion

c)

avalanche

d)

earthquake

30.

Which is NOT a slow cause of change in a landform?

a)

glacier

b)

deposition

c)

flash flood

d)

freezing and thawing