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WorksheetsChemical, Physical, and Biological Weathering
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the movement of rocks and soil from one place to another?
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
c)
deterioration
d)
deposition
2.
What is the breaking up of rocks into smaller pieces without changing the chemistry of it?
a)
physical weathering
b)
chemical weathering
3.
What is the process in which rock is broken down by changes in its chemical makeup?
a)
physical weathering
b)
chemical weathering
4.
When fossil fuels are burned, these chemicals combine with water in the atmosphere to produce..
a)
deposition
b)
cleaner air
c)
Acid rain
d)
physical weathering
5.
Agents of physical weathering include _________, plant, and animal actions.
a)
temperature changes
b)
oxidation
c)
fossil fuels
d)
deterioration
6.
What agent of chemical weathering, causes rocks to break down and change composition?
a)
burrowing animals
b)
roots of plants
c)
acid rain
d)
wind abrasion
7.
The breakdown of rock material by physical and chemical processes is called...
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
c)
oxidation
d)
deposition
8.
What can caused a rock to break without any change in the minerals that form the rock?
a)
oxidation
b)
acid rain
c)
freezing water
d)
fossil fuels
9.
What causes minerals in rocks to be changed and leads to the deterioration of the rock?
a)
chemical weathering
b)
physical weathering
10.
Rain, ice, and snow has shaped our _____ by physically and chemically weathering rock and soil.
a)
weather
b)
environment
c)
climate
11.
________ is the process in which rocks and soil are dropped.
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
c)
oxidation
d)
deposition
12.
Physical weathering can be caused by water or wind and is also known as...
a)
mechanical weathering
b)
chemical weathering
13.
An increase in temperature will cause ____ as its atoms move about more and atoms take up more space.
a)
rocks to expand
b)
rocks to contract
14.
A decrease in temperature will cause a ________ as its atoms slow down and atoms take up less space.
a)
rocks to expand
b)
rocks to contract
15.
Repeated temperature changes can ________ of a rock, causing it to crumble.
a)
strengthen the structure
b)
weaken the structure
16.
Burrowing animals can move soil and rock to the surface which exposes rocks and can cause...
a)
physical weathering
b)
chemical weathering
17.
Roots of plants can slowly grow overtime into small cracks in rocks which causes...
a)
physical weathering
b)
chemical weathering
18.
Rock can be broken down by the action of other rocks over time in a process called...
a)
erosion
b)
oxidatioin
c)
deterioration
d)
abrasion
19.
Oxygen in the air or water can cause rock surfaces to change color in a process called...
a)
erosion
b)
oxidatioin
c)
deposition
d)
abrasion
20.
Fossil fuels burning and combining with water in the atmosphere is an example of...
a)
chemical weathering
b)
physical weathering
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