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Weathering Chapter 3 Review
Test Description: Weathering review 3-1 3-3
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) The process that breaks down rocks and other substances
A
Weathering
B
Sediment
C
Erosion
D
Deposition
2) Process by which bits of broken rock are carried away
A
Sediment
B
Deposition
C
Erosion
D
Weathering
3) The materials moved by erosion
A
Erosion
B
Deposition
C
Weathering
D
Sediment
4) When erosion lays down sediment
A
Weathering
B
Sediment
C
Erosion
D
Deposition
5) Type of weathering where rock is broken down through violent contact/ impacts
A
Deposition
B
Chemical Weathering
C
Physical Weathering
D
Erosion
6) Process where rocks are broken down through dissolving/ eating away of rocks
A
Physical Weathering
B
Deposition
C
Chemical Weathering
D
Erosion
7) Animals dig underground and loosen and break rocks
A
plant actions
B
abrasion
C
animal actions
D
release of pressure
8) This can be described as frost wedging
A
abrasion
B
plant actions
C
animal actions
D
freeze and thaw
9) This occurs when roots crack rocks as they grow into them
A
freeze thaw
B
animal actions
C
plant actions
D
abrasion
10) When rocks act like sandpaper on other rocks
A
animal actions
B
freeze thaw
C
plant actions
D
abrasion
11) Weathers rock by dissolving it, most common cause of chemical weathering
A
carbon dioxide
B
water
C
acid rain
D
oxygen
12) Causes iron to rust, copper to turn green and silver to turn black
A
oxygen/ oxidation
B
living organisms
C
acid rain
D
living organisms
13) Some plants produce acids that eat away at rocks
A
oxygen
B
living organisms
C
water
D
carbon dioxide
14) Due to pollution, fires and volcanic eruptions, when precipitation becomes acidic
A
water
B
carbon dioxide
C
oxygen
D
acid rain
15) This is when much rocks and dry sediment move downhill rapidly.
A
slump
B
mudflow
C
avalanche
D
landslide
16) This is when rocks, water and sediment move downhill rapidly
A
landslide
B
slump
C
mudflow
D
creep
17) Term for rocks with many tiny air sacs/ holes that allow water to seep through it
A
Hot rocks
B
permeable rocks
C
spongy rocks
D
thawed rocks
18) Mass movement where large amounts of rocks and sediment fall TOGETHER in one large section
A
slump
B
creep
C
landslide
D
mudflow
19) Climate with the fastest weathering
A
wet and warm
B
wet and cold
C
dry and cold
D
dry and warm
20) Besides weathering, this is the general cause for all mass movements
A
ice wedging
B
gravity
C
water
D
snow
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