Honors Earth Science
Name___________________________
Section___________
Mechanical and Chemical Weathering
Use your notes to answer the following questions:
1. Compare chemical and mechanical weathering.
2. How are ice and water involved in mechanical weathering?
3. How is temperature related to mechanical weathering?
4. What is hydrolysis, and what type of weathering is it?
5. Explain how oxygen is connected to chemical weathering.
6. What are some factors that you think can control the rate at which a rock weathers?
7. Consider the climate and physical features of the region in which you live. Does it rain
frequently? Is it dry or windy? How does the temperature vary during the year? Based on
your knowledge of the climate and physical features of your area, predict what types of
weathering are likely to occur.
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8. What type of weathering created this formation? How can you tell?
9. What type of weathering created this formation? How can you tell?
10. What type of weathering created this formation? How can you tell?
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Part 2: Multiple Choice: Write the letter of the correct answer on the line.
_____ 1. An example of an agent of erosion is
(a) water
(b) glaciers
(c) wind
(d) all answers are correct
_____ 2. When two pieces of different types of rock are rubbed to gether, one of the rocks often breaks into smaller pieces,
this is an example of
(a) chemical weathering (b) mechanical weathering
(c) fission
(d) deposition
_____ 3. Rust forming on the surface of bridges is an example of
(a) chemical weathering
(b) fusion
(c) mechanical weathering
(d) fission
_____ 4. Which climate would result in the least amount of weathering?
(a) rain forest
(b) desert
(c) tropical forest
(d) pine forest
_____ 5. This results when compacted snow accumulates over a period of time and begins to slide forward
(a) delta deposit
(b) blizzard
(c) glacier
(d) ice cap
_____ 6. Abrasion and deflation are technical terms that refer to weathering and erosion caused by the
(a) wind
(b) water
(c) chemicals
(d) seasons
_____ 7. Which property of water makes frost action a particularly effective means of weathering?
(a) water dissolves many substances
(c) water is vital it living things
(b) water cools that environment when it evaporates
(d) water expands when frozen
_____ 8. The reason why a variety of different soils exist in North Carolina is
(a) distance from rivers and lakes
(b) bedrock composition and climate
(c) amount of water available
(d) amount of human activities
_____ 9. Which force of erosion acts to produce avalanches and landslides?
(a) sea waves
(b) running water
(c) winds
(d) gravity
_____10. As the amount of plant life, such as trees, is decreased in a region by human activity such as lumber cutting
practices, the amount of erosion in these areas
(a) Increase
(b) Decrease
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(c) Remain the same
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