Weathering Quiz
1. What is mechanical weathering?
A. Ice
B. Wind, Water, and Gravity
C. Simply breakdown of rock into smaller pieces by physical mean
D. Chemical breakdown of rock and mineral into new substances.
2. What is chemical weathering?
A. Chemical breakdown of rock and mineral into new substances.
B. Simply breakdown of rock into smaller pieces by physical mean.
C. water
D. Acid perception
3. What is Acid precipitation?
A. Snow
B. Precipitation contain acid due to air pollution
C. Wind
D. Ice
4. What is oxidation?
A. Acid precipitation
B. Air
C. Chemical reaction which element such as iron, combine with oxygen to form oxide.
D. Water
5. What is differential weathering?
A. Process by which softer, less weather-resistant rock wear away, leaving hard more weatherresistant rock behind.
B. Shape of weather
C. Surface area
D. Climate
6. What is soil?
A. Loose mixture of small mineral fragment and organic material.
B. Layer of rock beneath soil
C. Rock that source of soil
D. Bits of rock
7. What is parent rock?
A. layer of rock above soil
B. rock that is the source off soil
C. decayed plants and animal
D. small particles of decayed plant
8. What is humus?
A. Soils that contain very small particles of decayed plant and animal material
B. soil is deposited
C. Soil remain above bedrock
D. top layer of soil
9. What is topsoil?
A. top layer of soil
B. residual soil
C. Horizon
D. Transported soil
10. What is Erosion?
A. process by which wind and water transport soil and sediment from one location to another.
B. Crop planted between harvest to reduce soil.
C. Consist of various methods by which humans take care of soil
D. Soil and climate