Question 1

The process that breaks rocks into small pieces is called?

Accepted Answer

weathering

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chemical

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soil

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erosion

Question 2

The wearing away and removal of rock is called?

Accepted Answer

erosion

Answer

topography

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sediment

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weathering

Question 3

What type of weathering does NOT change the rock chemically?

Accepted Answer

mechanical weathering

Answer

chemical weathering

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topography

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gravity

Question 4

Chemical weathering changes what?

Accepted Answer

the chemical makeup of a rock

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the feel of the rock

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the size of the rock

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plants

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT an example of chemical weathering?

Accepted Answer

burrowing animals

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tannic acid

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carbonic acid

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oxidation

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT an example of mechanical weathering?

Accepted Answer

tannic acid

Answer

plant roots growing into cracks of rocks

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ice wedging

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burrowing animals

Question 7

Which of the following types of erosion are NOT caused by water?

Accepted Answer

slump

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rills

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sheet flow

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gullies

Question 8

Under what conditions does chemical weathering occur most rapidly?

Accepted Answer

hot and wet

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hot and dry

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cold and wet

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cold and dry

Question 9

What causes potholes to form in the roadways?

Accepted Answer

ice wedging

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creep

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slump

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oxidation

Question 10

What are the four agents of erosion?

Accepted Answer

gravity, ice, water, and wind

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wind, water, earth, and fire

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ice, gravity, sun, and the moon

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hail, snow, rain, and sleet

Question 11

When iron mixes with water and oxygen what chemical process can take place?

Accepted Answer

oxidation

Answer

wedging

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oxygenation

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ironization

Question 12

What is deflation?

Accepted Answer

the erosion of the land by wind

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the erosion of the land by water

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the erosion of land by gravity

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the erosion of the land by ice

Question 13

Which of the following is an example of erosion?

Accepted Answer

mud flowing down a hill

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rusted rocks

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moss growing on a rock

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tree roots growing in rocks

Question 14

Which of the following is an example of chemical weathering?

Accepted Answer

rusted rocks

Answer

mud flowing down a hill

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tree roots growing into rocks

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moss growing on a rock

Question 15

Which of the following is an example of mechanical weathering?

Accepted Answer

tree roots growing in a rock

Answer

moss growing on a rock

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mud flowing down a hill

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rusted rocks

Question 16

The picture shows what process?

Accepted Answer

ice wedging

Answer

erosion

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chemical weathering

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oxidation

Question 17

Chemical weathering is most likely to occur in?

Accepted Answer

tropical areas

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mountains

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oceans

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polar areas

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