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Water enters the cracks in rocks, freezes, and expands breaking the rock
a) ice wedging
b) plants
c) abrasion
d) water

Pollutants dissolve in water
a) Acid rain
b) water
c) oxidation
d) mechanical

Soil from a riverbank being carried downstream
a) erosion
b) weathering
c) deposition
d) abrasion

Roots and stems push on rock causing it to break
a) plants
b) animals
c) abrasion
d) chemical weathering

Dissolves the minerals in rock
a) water
b) oxidation
c) animals
d) abrasion

Rock breaks when water or wind causes grinding between the rocks.
a) weathering
b) erosion
c) deposition
d) oxidation

Burrowing and digging holes causes rock to break
a) animals
b) plants
c) ice wedging
d) abrasion

combines oxygen with other elements to chemically change rock
a) oxidation
b) abrasion
c) water
d) ice wedging

The type of weathering that changes the composition of the rock
a) chemical weathering
b) mechanical weathering
c) ice wedging
d) plants

The process that moves material from one location to another
a) erosion
b) weathering
c) transportation
d) ice wedging

What is weathering?
a) a process that breaks down rocks into smaller pieces
b) A shift in weather patterns
c) The process by which mountains are formed
d) The process by which the seasons change

What might cause mechanical weathering?
a) growing plants and expanding ice
b) acid rain
c) violent earthquakes
d) volcanic eruptions

Mud sliding down a hill during a landslide
a) erosion
b) mechanical weathering
c) chemical weathering
d) deposition

What process hollows out limestone caves?
a) chemical weathering
b) mechanical weathering
c) spatial weathering
d) cave weathering

What would be a simple way to prevent erosion
a) Planting trees
b) preventing rainfall
c) blocking wind
d) preventing the flow of rivers

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