Ultimate Quiz On Weathering & Erosion
This quiz is about Weathering and Erosion, if you didint already know this you probably wont pass. . . Answer each question with one answer. Good Luck garret. . . =D
- 1.What large ice mass moves across land causing large grooves in earths surface?
- A.
Ice berg
- B.
Polar ice cap
- C.
Glacier
- 2.What is the most effective physical weathering agent?
- A.
Rust
- B.
Water
- C.
Wind
- 3.What can carry a lot of sediment and eventually create canyons?
- A.
Fast rivers
- B.
Erosions
- C.
Wind
- 4.What shapes the earth?
- A.
Tectonic plates
- B.
Rivers and oceans
- C.
Mountains
- 5.What is frost wedging?
- A.
When frost kills off plants
- B.
When liquid gets into cracks in rocks, freezes, then expands
- C.
When rocks fall apart
- 6.How does chemical wethering break down rock?
- A.
By burning it
- B.
By using acids to melt it
- C.
By changing its chemical composition
- 7.What is an example of chemical reactions?
- A.
When Calcite reacts with Carbonic acid causing Calcium Bicarbonate
- B.
When Nuclear Plants explode
- C.
When an atom is split
- 8.What is Erosion?
- A.
When Rocks are made smaller
- B.
When Water flows through canyons
- C.
Moving or removal of material by water, wind, ect.
- 9.What is Leaching?
- A.
When bugs attack
- B.
When minerals are made into larger minerals of rock
- C.
When rocks erode
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