Weathering Review

What is the breaking down of rock called?

• erosion

• weathering

• deposition

What type of weathering makes rocks smaller?

• physical weathering

• chemical weathering

What type of weathering makes changes the rock into something new?

• physical weathering

• chemical weathering

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

What type of physical weathering breaks off rocks due to being hit by wind and water?

• exfoliation

• abrasion

• thermal expansion and contraction

• biological

• frost wedging

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What type of physical weathering is caused by plants and animals?

• exfoliation

• abrasion

• thermal expansion and contraction

• biological

• frost wedging

What type of physical weathering is cracking of rock by the expansion of water as it freezes?

• exfoliation

• abrasion

• thermal expansion and contraction

• biological

• frost wedging

What type of physical weathering is repeated heating and cooling?

• exfoliation

• abrasion

• thermal expansion and contraction

• biological

• frost wedging

What type of physical weathering is when the top layer has no pressure so it breaks and falls?

• exfoliation

• abrasion

• thermal expansion and contraction

• biological

• frost wedging

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Type of chemical weathering where oxygen combines with water and minerals

• hydrolysis

• oxidation

• dissolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Type of chemical weathering that is the dissolving of minerals by water or acids

• hydrolysis

• oxidation

• dissolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2