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Which of the following is most likely to experience oxidation?
a) Tennis ball
b) Soup can
c) Wooden fence
d) Bicycle tire

What is occurring when water seeps into cracks in rocks, freezes and expands?
a) Oxidation
b) Acid Rain
c) Deposition
d) Ice Wedging

What factors determine the rate of weathering?
a) Climate and the type of rock
b) Climate and latitude
c) Climate and weather
d) Latitude and type of rock

What is the chemical reaction in which iron combines with oxygen to form rust?
a) Acid Precipitation
b) Chemical Weathering
c) Mechanical Weathering
d) Oxidation

Which of the following causes a karst landscape to form?
a) Lichen
b) Acid Precipitation
c) Acids in groundwater
d) Oxidation

How do lichens slowly break down rock?
a) Abrasion
b) Acid Precipitation
c) Acids in Groundwater
d) Acids in living things

What is the breakdown of rock into smaller pieces by physical means?
a) Mechanical Deposition
b) Mechanical Weathering
c) Chemical Erosion
d) Chemical Weathering

What is the process by which rocks break down into smaller rocks as a result of a chemical reaction?
a) Mechanical Weathering
b) Mechanical Erosion
c) Chemical Weathering
d) Chemical Deposition

What do you call rain, sleet, or snow that contains a high concentration of acids?
a) Abrasions
b) Acid precipitation
c) Lichens
d) Oxidation

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) Lichens
d) Oxidation

What is an example of chemical weathering?
a) The sidewalk cracking
b) Salt dissolved in water
c) Stalagmites forming in caves
d) Wind blowing on rock

What type of rock is formed from weathering?
a) Sedimentary
b) Metamorphic
c) Igneous
d) Metamentary

What will not cause mechanical weathering?
a) Oxidation
b) Growing Plants
c) Expanding Ice
d) Animals

Which will not cause the cracks in your sidewalks?
a) A large amount of ice melting in the spring
b) Tree roots growing
c) Ice wedging
d) Standing on the sidewalk.

How long does the weathering process take?
a) Ten minutes
b) Over night
c) Years
d) Less than a month

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