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