ES Land Formation

In regions like the Amazon Rainforest, known for its biodiversity and climate, which type of climate contributes most to chemical weathering?

• cold and humid

• warm and humid

• warm and dry

• cold and dry

Soil is moved from one location to another by wind or water

• Mountain

• Erosion

• Magma

• Mineral

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Which of the following is a type of chemical weathering?

• a rock smoothed by sand blasting

• a plant root cracking a sidewalk

• ice breaking rock apart

• the rusting of iron

Imagine you're observing a mountain range over centuries. What process describes the physical or chemical breakdown of rocks and minerals into smaller pieces or aqueous solutions on Earth's surface, as seen in the gradual change of the mountain's appearance?

• Soil

• Acid rain

• Weathering

• Erosion

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While hiking along a river, you notice that the pebbles and cobbles in the streambed are smooth and rounded. This is primarily due to the process of ________.

• abrasion

• diffusion

• oxidation

• carbonation

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Imagine you're observing a mountain during winter. You notice water seeping into the cracks of the rock face. This can lead to mechanical weathering when the water ________.

• evaporates

• condenses

• freezes

• dissolves

The part of Earth which is composed mostly of rocks; the crust and outer mantle

• Lithosphere

• Magma

• Sediment

• Mineral

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Which of the following is not an example of mechanical weathering?

• A growing plant root splits a rock.

• A bear kicks a rock over a ledge, causing it to break.

• Frozen water in rock cracks breaks the rock apart.

• Iron minerals in rocks turn brown and crumble.

A fan-shaped mass of mud and other sediment that forms where a river enters a large body of water

• Glacier

• Soil

• Delta

• Valley

Glaciers can carve out large ______ through mountains.

• statues

• valleys

• peaks

• landslides

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