Untitled Quiz

Which of the following best describes weathering?

How does gravity contribute to weathering?

Which of the following is NOT an example of physical weathering?

What happens to pieces of rock as they are transported by a river?

In hydration, water is an active agent of chemical weathering. What happens when water loosely combines with the minerals of the rock?

What are the two things that affect the rate of weathering?

Which of the following best describes chemical weathering?

Weak organic acids are produced by the action of the growing roots of lichens. These acids react with some minerals in rocks resulting in the decomposition of rocks. How will you classify this process?

Which of the following conditions promotes slow chemical weathering?

Which type of rocks tends to weather more rapidly through hydrolysis process?

Which is an example of oxidation?

Which of these statements is NOT true about mechanical weathering?

Which of the following activities has resulted in an increased rate of chemical weathering through acidification?

Which is NOT included in the group?

In which of the following climates will chemical weathering be most rapid?

What are the three kinds of rocks?

In which type of rock do most fossils appear?

Which type of rock is formed when bits of rocks are layered and cemented together?

Which of the following is NOT an example of sedimentary particles?

Which of the following refers to a series of processes on earth's surface and in the crust and mantle that slowly changes rocks from one kind to another?

What step in the rock cycle would be required to change an igneous rock into a sedimentary rock?

During which process does layer upon layer of sediment build up and exert pressure on the layers below?

What is the moving of sediments from their original position called?

What is the settling out of the sediment called?

Which of the following choices best describes the statements below? I. The layers or rocks are piled one on top of the other. II. Sedimentary rocks are formed particles by particles and bed bybed. III.In sequence of layered rock, a given bed must be younger thanany bed on top of it.

What is the process called where sediment is glued together when minerals are dissolved?

Which of the following describes the law of superposition?

Which of the following is a process that leads to the formation or depositionof rock layers?

Which of the following does NOT lead to the formation of rock layers?

Which of the following principles states that all rock layers are continuous until they encounter other solid bodies that block their deposition?