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- 1. Multiple Choice
Weathering is
the movement of rocks
the breaking down of rocks
the falling of rocks
- 2. Multiple Choice
Erosion is
the falling of mud
the breaking down of rocks
the movement of rocks and soil
- 3. Multiple ChoiceA river moves rocks by carrying them in its current.WeatheringErosion
- 4. Multiple Choice
the general terms for the movement of sediment by wind, water, glaciers
weathering
erosion
deposition
- 5. Multiple Choicethe breakdown of rock into smaller pieces of the same rock without any change in its compositionmechanical weatheringchemical weatheringerosiondeposition
- 6. Multiple Choicethe breakdown or decomposition of rock that takes place when minerals change through chemical processeschemical weatheringmechanical weatheringerosiondeposition
- 7. Multiple Choicethe process in which sediment particles are picked up and moved from one place to anothermechanical weatheringchemical weatheringerosiondeposition
- 8. Multiple ChoiceRoots grow into cracks of a rock and pry them apartmechanical weatheringchemical weatheringerosiondeposition
- 9. Multiple Choiceoxidation produces rust on some rocks containing ironchemical weatheringmechanical weatheringerosiondeposition
- 10. Multiple Choicerock is broken by the freezing and thawing of icechemical weatheringmechanical weatheringerosiondeposition
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is not a form of erosion?Frost WedgingWindGlacialWater
- 12. Multiple ChoiceIs the growth of vegetation a form of physical or chemical weathering?PhysicalChemical
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhat kind of weathering causes the mineral composition of rocks to change?mechanical weatheringpermeable weatheringchemical weatheringphysical weathering
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