Earth Science Rocks, Weathering & Erosion

How fast the water moves

Loess is fine powder, pulverized rock that blankets much of northern mid-west

What has to happen for magma to become Igneous rock?

Steep-walled bowl-shaped depression

What happens for igneous rock to become a sediment?

Erratic is

Which of the following is NOT a factor in how fast a rock weathers?

Running Water is the #1 source of erosion

What has to happen for sedimentary rock to become Metamorphic rock?

Mechanical Weathering changes the chemical composition of rocks

All of the following are examples of Mechanical Weathering EXCEPT

The wearing away of rock material by a grinding action is called:

The breakdown or decomposition of rocks that occurs when minerals are changed into different substances

What happens for a sediment to become sedimentary rock?

What has to happen for Metamorphic rock to become Magma?

Which of the following has the potential for the most erosion?

Coastal areas undergo erosion by ______ and wind

The process by which outer layers of rock are stripped away is called

The two kinds of igneous rock are intrusive and extrusive.

What is lithification?

There can be no stream erosion or glacial erosion without   

What is the liquid form of rock under the ground?

The greater the surface area the faster the weathering rate

During hydrolysis what acid can dissolve calcite to form caverns underground?

Weathering rates are faster in _________ climates.

Most of the weathering of Cleopatra's needle in New York is caused by

Pile of mixed sediments that have been carried and dropped by the glacier

In which of the following areas is wind a major erosional agent?

Barrier islands, like Anastacia Island in St. Augustine are likely formed when