Home
Subjects
Textbook solutions
Create
Study sets, textbooks, questions
Log in
Sign up
Upgrade to remove ads
Only $35.99/year
Unit Four Test Review - Weathering
STUDY
Flashcards
Learn
Write
Spell
Test
PLAY
Match
Gravity
Terms in this set (61)
What part of the water cycle is not affected by gravity?
Evaporation
Name the four processes of the water cycle.
Precipitation, Transpiration, Evaporation, and Condensation
What is the source of energy for the Water Cycle?
The sun
What are the two types of weathering?
Mechanical and Chemical
What is Mechanical Weathering?
A process where rocks break down into smaller pieces by a physical means.
What is Chemical Weathering?
The process by which rock is broken down because of chemical interactions with the environment.
How do waves and water mechanically weather rocks?
Waves break and weather shorelines
How does wind mechanically weather rocks?
Wind blows sand and silt against exposed rocks
How does ice wedging mechanically weather rocks?
Rocks break because water expands when it freezes.
How does gravity mechanically weather rocks?
Landslides and avalanches expose new surfaces for further weathering and falling rocks break up other rocks.
How does root wedging mechanically weather rocks?
Plants send out roots for nutrients. These roots can move into smaller spaces and cracks. They eventually grow and can slit the rock apart.
How does animal burrowing mechanical weather rocks?
Animals dig holes and expose new rocks to the effects of weathering. The holes allow water and other weathering agents to reach the rock layer.
What is abrasion?
The collision of rocks results in breaking and weathering away of rock.
What is exfoliation?
Rock breaks into curved sheets that peel away from underlying rock.
Over time, what happens to a rock as it weathers?
Its edges go from angular to rounded.
Sets with similar terms
Unit Four: Weathering Vocabulary Review
30 terms
Science Chapter 9
63 terms
Weathering and Soil Formation
50 terms
Science
50 terms
Sets found in the same folder
Earth Science Unit 2 Vocabulary
27 terms
Unit Four: Weathering Vocabulary Review
30 terms
Unit Five: Vocabulary Review
25 terms
Unit Six: Vocabulary Review
17 terms
Other sets by this creator
EOC Physical Science Vocab #4
16 terms
EOC Physical Science Vocab #3
16 terms
EOC Physical Science Vocab #2
16 terms
EOC Physical Science Vocab #1
16 terms
Verified questions
EARTH SCIENCE
For the pair of terms, explain how the meanings of the terms differ. High-pressure system and low-pressure system ________________
EARTH SCIENCE
How do magnetic stripes form on the ocean floor? Why are these stripes significant?
EARTH SCIENCE
Which group of characteristics could you infer was observed by studying a star cluster? a. Observations indicate a well-shaped structure with many closely spaced stars. Spectra indicate dominantly cooler, younger stars. b. Observations indicate an irregularly shaped structure with many closely spaced stars. Spectra indicate dominantly hotter, younger stars. c. Observations indicate a well-shaped structure with many closely spaced stars. Spectra indicate dominantly older, hotter stars. d. Observations indicate an irregularly shaped structure with many closely spaced stars. Spectra indicate dominantly older and cooler stars.
EARTH SCIENCE
Large numbers of tiny ocean organisms die every day, fall to the ocean floor, are buried, and are eventually converted to oil and natural gas. Why are these two fuels considered nonrenewable?