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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