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