Earth Science: Weathering

Question 1

This cause of weathering occurs when rocks change color due to a chemical reaction with oxygen.

Accepted Answer

oxidation

Question 2

What is one way that animals can cause physical weathering?

Accepted Answer

by digging burrows

Question 3

Chemical weathering can be caused by ____, this forms when gases and ash mix with water in clouds.

Accepted Answer

acid rain

Question 4

Which of the following is not a force of erosion?

Accepted Answer

abrasion

Question 5

The transportation of weathered materials from one place to another is called __________________.

Accepted Answer

erosion

Question 6

Which type of weathering results in a rock&#x27;s composition changing and creating new materials?

Accepted Answer

chemical weathering

Question 7

What do we call the breakdown of rocky materials through chemical & physical processes?

Accepted Answer

weathering

Question 8

True or False: Animals can cause mechanical weathering to occur.

Accepted Answer

TRUE

Question 9

Which of the following is an example of mechanical weathering?

Accepted Answer

water breaking down a boulder into a stone

Question 10

Rain falling in the crack of a rock, freezing & expanding is a description of

Accepted Answer

ice wedging

Question 11

True or False: There are 2 types of weathering: mechanical and chemical.

Accepted Answer

TRUE

Question 12

Caves, stalagmites, & stalactites are all the result of _________ dissolving limestone and depositing calcite.

Accepted Answer

carbonic acid

Question 13

Which force of erosion will cause mass wasting, such as rock falls and mudslides?

Accepted Answer

gravity

Question 14

Which type of mechanical weathering occurs when pieces of rocks grind against or impact rock breaking off other pieces?

Accepted Answer

abrasion

Question 15

True or False: Temperature changes can cause mechanical weathering.

Accepted Answer

TRUE

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