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Weathering and Erosion
Weathering and Erosion
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In the analogy we used in class, the dump truck unloading the rocks represented
depostion
weathering
erosion
environmental waste
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What is weathering?
When rock settles at the bottom of the ocean
When pieces of rock are transported somewhere else
When water, ice and gravity transport rock
The process where rock is dissolved, worn away or broken
3
Which is an example of CHEMICAL weathering
plant weathering
animal weathering
water
carbonation
4
Ice- Wedging is when...
water freezes inside the cracks of a rock and expands
rocks sit on top of a glacier
animals freeze on top of a rock
frozen plants squeeze under a rock
5
An animal burrows deep into the ground, breaking up the rocks around it into small pieces...
animal weathering
plant wedging
hydrolosis
ice wedging
6
In the analogy we used in class, the hammer breaking rocks represents
weathering
erosion
nothing
deposition
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Ice, wind, water, and gravity
agents of erosion
can aide in breaking down rocks
transport sediment elsewhere
all of the above
8
This picture demonstrates both...
animal weathering and plant weathering
oxidation and ice-wedging
plant weathering and oxidation
plant weathering and carbonation
9
What is this diagram demonstrating
ice wedging
mechanical weathering
all of the above
weathering
10
All of the following are examples of MECHANICAL weathering,
except
Oxidation
Animal Weathering
Ice-Wedging
Plant weathering
11
Glaciers carry broken and frozen pieces of rock to another region. This is...
plant weathering
erosion
chemical weathering
ice wedging
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Wind carries silt and sediment away from its original location. Wind is acting as...
a force of weathering
only part of the weather forecast
an agent of erosion
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This picture demonstrates
hyrdolysis
oxidation
carbonation
painting rocks orange
