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Weathering and Erosion Review

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is WEATHERING? (Explain in 1 sentence)

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2.

What type of weathering is this?

a)

chemical

b)

biological

c)

physical/mechanical

3.

What type of weathering is this?

a)

physical/mechanical

b)

chemical

c)

biological

4.

What can cause chemical weathering?

a)

animals

b)

rust

c)

ice

5.

What is EROSION? (Explain in 1 sentence)

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6.

Which of these is an example of erosion?

a)

Sunlight shining on a mountain

b)

Rain breaking down rock

c)

Wind blowing away sediment

d)

All of the above

7.

The sailing stones in Death Valley is an example of...

a)

erosion caused by humans

b)

erosion caused by wind

c)

erosion caused by ice

8.

Which one is an example of erosion?

a)

floods carrying sediments from one part of a city to another

b)

waterfalls wearing down boulders on the ground

c)

constant rainfall breaking apart rocks

d)

all of the above

9.

What is the difference between Weathering and Erosion?

a)

Weathering moves the rocks, Erosion breaks the rocks

b)

Weathering breaks the rocks, Erosion moves the rocks

10.

Water can only cause erosion, not weathering.

a)

True

b)

False