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Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 7mins
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Class
Date
1.
The Earth can change both quickly and slowly?
a)
True
b)
False
2.
The process of breaking up Earth's surface into soil and sediment over a long period of time is called...
a)
sediment
b)
erosion
c)
weathering
d)
deposition
3.
What type of weathering is it when acid rain breaks down and changes the rock.
a)
chemical weathering
b)
physical or mechanical weathering
c)
erosion
d)
Deposition
4.
How do plants weather rocks?
a)
during photosynthesis
b)
when roots grow into cracks of rocks and expand the rock
c)
when the plant moves water from the roots to the leaves
5.
What type of Weathering is caused by animal actions?
a)
Chemical Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Mechanical Weathering
d)
Animals
6.
Frost shattering and exfoliation are forms of what type of weathering?
a)
Mechanical Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Chemical Weathering
d)
Compaction
7.
Hydrolysis, oxidation and acid rain (carbonation) are examples of what kind of weathering?
a)
Mechanical Weathering
b)
Abrasion
c)
Chemical Weathering
d)
Bill Nye the science guy
8.
These rocks were broken apart from the continuous freeze/thaw of water in the cracks of the rocks. This is an example of:
a)
frost shattering
b)
dumptruck
c)
permeability
d)
acid rain
9.
Which of these can cause weathering?
a)
water
b)
wind
c)
sun
d)
all of them
10.
True or False: Animals can cause weathering and erosion by digging on the surface and underground.
a)
True
b)
False
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