Weathering Trivia Facts And Questions! Trivia Quiz
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- 1.The breaking down of rocks and soil through contact with the atmosphere is called...
- A.
Erosion
- B.
Thermal Expansion
- C.
Abrasion
- D.
Weathering
- 2.The breaking down of rocks and soil by contact with heat, ice, water, or pressure is called...
- A.
Chemical weathering
- B.
Physical weathering
- C.
Ice wedging
- D.
Thermal weathering
- 3.The effect of chemicals in the atmosphere on rocks, soil, and minerals is called...
- A.
Physical weathering
- B.
Ice wedging
- C.
Thermal weathering
- D.
Chemical weathering
- 4.What is Ice Wedging?
- A.
The process of rock being broken apart by water freezing, expanding, and making cracks.
- B.
The process of rock being broken apart by heating up in the day and expanding and cooling off at night and impending.
- C.
Ice caps melting from global warming.
- D.
None of the above
- 5.What is Thermal Expansion?
- A.
The process of rock being broken apart by heating up in the day and expanding and cooling off at night and impending.
- B.
The process of rock being broken apart by water freezing, expanding, and making cracks.
- C.
Mountains expanding because of the warmth of the Earth.
- D.
None of the above
- 6.Management rules for keeping soil from being eroded away is called...
- 7.Broken down materials like rocks, dirt, and leaves are called...
- 8.A layer of soil parallel to the surface, having distinct characteristics made by how the soil was formed is called the...
- 9.Texture, structure, compaction, and organic matter are all...
- 10.What is the rate of weathering?
- A.
30 hours
- B.
30 years
- C.
30,000 years
- D.
30,000,000 years
- E.
It depends mostly on climate, exposure, and size to determine how long it will take to weather
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