A tree uproots a sidewalk. What type of physical weathering is this?
Plant Growth
100
This type of rain contains chemicals.
Acid Rain
100
What type of weathering was occurring when you placed M&Ms in carbonated water?
Chemical Weathering
100
After a rock is weathered, what processes happen next?
erosion and deposition
200
This is the type of weathering that does not occur due to physical changes.
chemical weathering
200
Animals dig these which can expose rock to the surface.
Burrows
200
When oxygen interacts with other chemicals, it can cause rocks to change color and become weaker. What is this called when rock changes color (not oxidation)
Rust
200
When you shook the jolly ranchers in the ziploc bag, what process was occurring?
abrasion
200
What is the name of the obscure living thing that causes rocks to release acid.
Lichens
300
When rocks hit other rocks and break each other down.
Abrasion
300
When water enters cracks in rock and the temperature changes, what can occur?
Ice Wedging.
300
When acid seeps into the ground and breaks down rock, what can form underground?
Cave Systems
300
What process was occurring when M&Ms were crushed by your books?
Exfoliation
300
What is a similarity between ice wedging and plant growth?
Pressure Changes
400
When oxygen combines with other chemicals and causes a reaction.
Oxidation
400
This is when outer layers of rock begin to peel due to pressure change.
Exfoliation
400
What types of living things can form on rock that can release acid and weaken it?
Moss and Lichens (400 per)
400
How could you have changed the first experiment involving the cracker in order to make it chemical weathering?
Carbonated Water
400
What are the two features of cave systems?
Stalactites and stalagmites
500
This is precipitation that contains many chemical from pollution.
Acid Rain
500
In what locations do you think abrasion would be likely to occur?
Top Answer: The Beach 1000 points
Other answers 500
500
What causes acid precipitation to form?
Burning fossil fuels
500
List the experiments that were physical weathering and the ones that were chemical weathering in separate columns