Physical Weathering Quiz

What is physical weathering?
The breakdown of rock material by chemical and physical means
The wearing down of rock material by the action of another riock
The process by which rock is broken down into smaller pieces by physical changes
The breakdown of rock by chemical means
What are the two main types of physical weathering?
Freeze-thaw and Exfoliation
Carbonation and Acid Rain
Water and Acid Rain
None of the Above
What term would you use for when rocks are tumbled in water?
Erosion
Abrasion
Oxidation
Pressure Change
What causes water to flow downhill?
Gravity
Deposition
Deposition and Erosion
Erosion
What are the five agents of erosion?
Gravity, plant acids, ice, temperature, and waves
Talus slope, drumlin, dunes, delta, and beach
Deposition, erosion, abrasion,chemical weathering, and water
Gravity, glaciers, abrasion, chemical weathering, and water
What is frost wedging?
Precipitation filled with acids from the air
Change in temperature
The process where water freezes into cracks and expands the rock within
Plant and animal action
What is a proper example of physical weathering?
The formation of the Grand Canyon
Rust on an old nail
Stalagmites and Stalactites
Acid Precipitation
What process DOES NOT cause rock to be separated by physical mean?
Oxidation
Acid Precipitation
Chemical Weathering
All of the Above
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