Chapter 5/6 Test

What are the two types of weathering?

• Chemical

• Mechanical

• Emotional

• Hyperventical

What type of weathering occurs when intense temperature of a forest fire causes nearby rocks to crack?

• Chemical

• Mechanical

• Emotional

• Hyperventical

These are types of mechanical weathering:

• Ice Wedging and Erosion

• Plants and Erosion

• Erosion and Heat

• Ice Wedging and Abrasion

This type of weathering changes the materials that are in the rock to new material:

• Chemical

• Mechanical

• Emotional

• Hyperventical

This is caused by water combining with carbon dioxide in the air:

• Purple Rain

• Dissolving Liquid

• Acid Rain

• Basic Rain

What is organic matter?

• Remains of something that was once alive

• Broken rock pieces

• Remains of something that was never alive

• Matter that can only be found in warm, wet places

What are the main soil sizes?

• Sand and silt

• Sand, silt, and clay

• Boulders and cobbles

• Dirt and more dirt

The starting material of soil is called:

• Bedrock

• Topography

• Parent Material

• Mommy and Daddy Soil

Weathering is constantly acting on rock and sediment.

• True

• False

Soil layers are called:

• Layers

• Bedrock

• Organic Matter

• Horizons