Weathering, Erosion, & Deposition

What is the term used to describe the type of weathering in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces?

• Chemical Weathering

• Mechanical Weathering

Most chemical weathering is caused by what?

• Wind

• Water

• Ice

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Plants growing into rocks and breaking the rocks is known as what?

• chemical weathering

• abrasion

• ice wedging

• root wedging

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Temperature changes causing cracks and breaks in rock in layers is called what?

• abrasion

• ice wedging

• exfoliation

• oxidation

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What is one agent (cause) of chemical weathering?

• ice

• plant acid = lichen

• wind

• roots

When talking about weathering, what does the word composition mean?

• what the rock is made of

• how long it takes to weather

• It has nothing to do with weathering

• temperature change

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Do rocks weather faster in the rainforest or in the tundra?

• tundra

• rainforest

• neither

• both

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What is the term used to describe the process by which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves pieces of rock or soil?

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• none of these

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List 3 agents (causes) of erosion on Earth's surface.

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Tiny particles of sand wearing away rock by wind abrasion.

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

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