Physical Weathering
Know about agent of physical weathering, how physical weathering occurs, and what the results of physical weathering are.
- 1.
What is physical weathering?
- A.
The breakdown of rock material by chemical and physical means.
- B.
The wearing away of rock material by the action of another rock.
- C.
The process by whick rock is broken down into smaller pieces by physical changes.
- D.
The breakdown of rock by chemical means.
Correct Answer
C. The process by whick rock is broken down into smaller pieces by physical changes. -
- 2.
What is the term used for when an animal burrows deep underground?
- A.
Abrasion
- B.
Pressure Change
- C.
Animal Action
- D.
Plant Growth
Correct Answer
C. Animal Action -
- 3.
What term would you use for when rocks are tumbled in water.
- A.
Erosion
- B.
Abrasion
- C.
Oxidation
- D.
Pressure Change
Correct Answer
B. Abrasion -
- 4.
What causes water to flow downhill.
- A.
Gravity
- B.
Deposition
- C.
Deposition and Erosion
- D.
Erosion
Correct Answer
A. Gravity -
- 5.
What are the five agents of erosion?
- A.
Gravity, plant acids, ice, temperature, and waves.
- B.
Talus slope, drumlin, dunes, delta, and beach.
- C.
Deposition, erosion, abrasion, chemical weathering, and water.
- D.
Gravity, glaciers, wind, water, and waves.
Correct Answer
D. Gravity, glaciers, wind, water, and waves. -
- 6.
What is frost wedging?
- A.
Precipitaion filled with acids from the air.
- B.
Change in temperature.
- C.
The process where water frezzes into cracks and expands the rock from within.
- D.
Plant and Animal Action
Correct Answer
C. The process where water frezzes into cracks and expands the rock from within. -
- 7.
What is a proper example of physical weathering?
- A.
The formation of the Grand Canyon.
- B.
Rust on an old nail.
- C.
Stalagmites and Stalactites
- D.
Acid Precipitation
Correct Answer
A. The formation of the Grand Canyon. -
- 8.
What procces DOES NOT cause rock to be seperated by physical means.
- A.
Oxidation
- B.
Acid precipitation
- C.
Chemical weathering
- D.
All of the above
Correct Answer
D. All of the above -
- 9.
What does the rate of weathering depend on?
- A.
Climate, day, population.
- B.
Composition off rocks, climate, amount of time, amout of exposure.
- C.
Erosion and deposition
- D.
Delta, valleys, canyons.
Correct Answer
B. Composition off rocks, climate, amount of time, amout of exposure. -
- 10.
What is the rate of weathering?
- A.
How slow something is
- B.
How fast an animal deceases.
- C.
How tall a human can get.
- D.
How fast the weathering of an object occurs.
Correct Answer
D. How fast the weathering of an object occurs. -
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