Type of Weathering
The definition of weathering.
What is breaking down large rocks into smaller pieces?
A solid sheet of ice that flows.
What is a glacier?
This occurs when water gets into the cracks in a rock and freezes.
What is frost wedging?
When chemical weathering occurs, a ________ substance is made.
What is new?
This is what biological means.
What is aive/living?
This type of weathering breaks down rocks through changing the substance, such as rusting.
What is chemical weathering?
The definition of erosion.
This is what happens when the outer layer of a rock slowly peels away due to changes in pressure.
What is exfoliation?
When Iron and oxygen combine, this is made.
What is rust?
When these grow into cracks in rocks, and continue to grow, the crack grows.
What are plant roots?
This type of weathering occurs when rocks are broken down without changing the substance.
What is physical weathering?
This type of moving water can carry more sediments for longer distance. (fast or slow)
What is fast moving water?
This occurs when wind blown sand weathers rocks.
What is abrasion?
Rust is the product of this process.
What is oxidation?
True or False: Plants cannot break down rocks?
What is false?
This type of weathering occurs when living things break down rocks.
What is biological weathering?
This happens when soil, sand, and rocks flow downhill suddenly, due to gravity.
What is a landslide?
When this changes drastically, rocks crack.
What is temperature?
This is how plants break down rock chemically.
What is by producing acid?
This is how animals can cause weathering.
What is by burrowing?
When rocks are weathered, it creates this.
What is sediment?
This is when glaciers melt and drop the sediment they were carrying.
What is glacial drift?
List 3 types of physical weathering.
What is abrasion, frost wedging, temperature change, and exfoliation?
Acid rain and acid ground water occurs when this substance combines with water.
What is CO2 (Carbon Dioxide)
DAILY DOUBLE: NOT FOUND IN YOUR NOTES!
How could an animal cause erosion?
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