Chapter 5 and 6- Weathering and Erosion

Plants CANNOT cause weathering. True of False?

• True

• False

An area with large amounts of rain will have SLOWER weathering than areas with little rain. True or False?

• True

• False

A well rounded rock has undergone more erosion than a poorly rounded rock of the same material? True or False?

• True

• False

Erosion occurs when weathered material is moved from one place to another? True of False?

• True

• False

Erosion occurs when water or wind slow down and drop the materials that it is carrying? True of False?

• True

• False

All of the following cause mechanical weathering except:

• ice

• tree roots

• burrowing animals

• carbonic acid

Chemical weathering is more rapid in a _____ climate

• warm, dry

• warm, wet

• cold, dry

• cold, wet

Mechanical weathering is more rapid in a _______ climate:

• dry

• hot

• humid

• cold

The rock and mineral fragments in soil come from rock that has been:

• blasted

• carved

• weathered

• chemically treated

Ice wedging is brought about by:

• carbonic acid freezing in rocks

• water and oxygen reacting

• water freezing and thawing

• rocks colliding with one another