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Test Description: Unit 7 Weathering Quiz
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) How long does the weathering process take?
A
Years
B
Over night
C
Ten minutes
D
Less than a month
2) Which will not cause the cracks in your sidewalks?
A
Standing on the sidewalk.
B
Ice wedging
C
A large amount of ice melting in the spring
D
Tree roots growing
3) What will not cause mechanical weathering?
A
Animals
B
Oxidation
C
Growing Plants
D
Expanding Ice
4) What is an example of chemical weathering?
A
Salt dissolved in water
B
The sidewalk cracking
C
Stalagmites forming in caves
D
Wind blowing on rock
5) What type of rock is formed from weathering?
A
Metamorphic
B
Igneous
C
Metamentary
D
Sedimentary
6) What is the grinding and wearing away of rock surfaces through the mechanical action of other rock or sand particles?
A
Abrasion
B
Acid Precipitation
C
Oxidation
D
Lichens
7) What do you call rain, sleet, or snow that contains a high concentration of acids?
A
Acid precipitation
B
Abrasions
C
Lichens
D
Oxidation
8) What is the process by which rocks break down into smaller rocks as a result of a chemical reaction?
A
Mechanical Weathering
B
Chemical Weathering
C
Mechanical Erosion
D
Chemical Deposition
9) What is the breakdown of rock into smaller pieces by physical means?
A
Chemical Erosion
B
Chemical Weathering
C
Mechanical Weathering
D
Mechanical Deposition
10) What is the chemical reaction in which iron combines with oxygen to form rust?
A
Chemical Weathering
B
Mechanical Weathering
C
Acid Precipitation
D
Oxidation
11) Which of the following causes a karst landscape to form?
A
Acid Precipitation
B
Acids in groundwater
C
Lichen
D
Oxidation
12) How do lichens slowly break down rock?
A
Acids in Groundwater
B
Acids in living things
C
Abrasion
D
Acid Precipitation
13) What factors determine the rate of weathering?
A
Latitude and type of rock
B
Climate and weather
C
Climate and latitude
D
Climate and the type of rock
14) What is occurring when water seeps into cracks in rocks, freezes and expands?
A
Deposition
B
Oxidation
C
Ice Wedging
D
Acid Rain
15) Which of the following is most likely to experience oxidation?
A
Wooden fence
B
Soup can
C
Bicycle tire
D
Tennis ball
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