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Weathering Vocabulary Quiz

Quiz by Shelby Finch

Grade 6
Science
Georgia Standards of Excellence

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  • Q1
    The grinding away of rock by rock particles carried by water, ice, wind, or gravity.
    Abrasion

    Decomposer

    Erosion

    Ice Wedging

    45s
    S6E5d
  • Q2
    Solid unweathered rock lying beneath surface deposits of soil.
    Bedrock

    Litter

    Decomposers

    Abrasion

    45s
    S6E5d
  • Q3
    The process that breaks down rock through chemical changes.
    Chemical weathering

    Ice Wedging

    Abrasion

    Mechanical weathering

    45s
    S6E5d
  • Q4
    Organisms that break down the remains of dead organisms into smaller pieces and digest them with chemicals.

    Mechanical weathering

    Oxidation

    Decomposer

    Abrasion

    45s
    S6E5d
  • Q5
    The movement of rock particles by wind, water, ice, or gravity.

    Contour plowing

    Erosion

    Oxidation

    Weathering

    45s
    S6E5d
  • Q6
    The dark colored substance that forms as plant and animal remains decay.

    Subsoil

    Abrasion

    Humus

    Bedrock

    45s
    S6E5d
  • Q7
    The process when wedges of ice in rocks widen and deepen cracks.

    Decomposers

    Ice wedging

    Oxidation

    Abrasion

    45s
    S6E5d
  • Q8
    Type of weathering in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces.

    Oxidation

    Mechanical weathering

    Chemical weathering

    Substitution

    45s
    S6E5d
  • Q9
    The process in which iron combines with oxygen in the presence of water.
    Oxidation

    Erosion

    Abrasion

    Ice wedging

    45s
    S6E5d
  • Q10
    The process that breaks down rock and other substances at Earth's surface.
    Weathering

    Bedrock

    Erosion

    Humus

    45s
    S6E5d

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