CFA 3.2 Quiz

The process of rock breaking apart is called weathering. Many different things can cause weathering. Which of the following does not cause the weathering of rock? Select two answer choices.

• Flowing Water

• Clouds

• Wind

• Chemicals

• Pollution

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When weathering, grinding, wind, ice, and water break rocks down into smaller pieces, these smaller pieces are called ________.

• humus

• sediment

• mechanical energy

• landforms

Select all the correct answers.

Look at the pictures of the Earth's forces below. Identify the Earth's forces that can cause slow changes to the Earth's surface.

Select TWO correct answers.

• Wind

• Earthquakes

• Hurricanes

• Volcanoes

• Rain

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Weathering is one way Earth's surface is changed. Which of the following is NOT a form of weathering?

• rocks rubbing against each other

• ice grinding rocks

• soil or dirt moved by floods

• wind blowing bits of sand into rock

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Students visit an island. The island beach is covered with many small pebbles. Each one is a little bigger than a pea. The beach gets strong ocean waves. After thousands of years, the pebbles on the beach will MOST LIKELY be —

• broken down into smaller pieces

• pushed into a pile in the middle of the island

• larger and a different color

• pressed together to form one large rock

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The Earth's soils and minerals are changed by weathering. Which of the following is NOT a form of weathering?

• acid rain

• ice grinding

• heat and pressure

• leaves falling from a tree

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Which of the following is a pattern that takes many years to observe?

• the sun rising in the East and setting in the West

• a weather front bringing a cold winter storm

• a caterpillar turning into a butterfly

• erosion changing landforms on the Earth's surface

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The ​ ​ (a)   stays in position in the center of our ​ (b)   . It does not rise and set as it appears. The ​ (c)   is rotating on its ​ (d)   . It makes one complete ​ (e)   every 24 hours.

• Sun
• solar system
• Earth
• axis
• rotation

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What part of the water cycle changes from a liquid to a gas?

• groundwater

• precipitation

• evaporation

• condensation

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Which step of the water cycle is more likely to happen during the day than at night near the Earth's surface?

• Water in a pond forms water vapor in the air.

• Water vapor in the air forms water drops in a cloud.

• Water droplets in the air forms a rainbow.

• Water falls as rain and soaks into the soft topsoil.

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