ES04B Pre Quiz - Weathering, Erosion and Soil

Weathering breaks rocks into smaller ________ and erosion is the movement.
1. pieces
2. organic
3. erosion
4. plants
______________ is the mixture of plants, animals and rock combined over many years.
1. Soil
2. Rock
3. Organic
4. Inorganic
Soil can be ________ by erosion, bad farming or simply moving it around.
1. built
2. destroyed
3. constructed
4. made
Rocks are made into smaller rocks but stay the same kind in ________ weathering.
1. mechanical
2. chemical
3. mechanical and chemical
4. erosion
Three kinds of mechanical weathering are ice wedging , abrasion and plant _________ .
1. roots
2. leaves
3. stems
4. grabbers
Chemical weathering is different than mechanical because ___________ materials are made.
1. new
2. the same
3. a larger amount
4. the same color
Soil is made of organic, or ________ and non organic or non living materials.
1. living
2. dead
3. rock
4. clay
In the top layers of soil, ________ break up materials and make it rich.
1. decomposers
2. composers
3. weathering
4. rocks
Soil horizons are labeled, from the surface, as ___ , ___ and ___.
1. A B C
2. T M B
3. Top Middle Bedrock
4. X Y Z
________ is a rock that weathers easily and makes holes in the rock called caves.
1. limestone
2. granite
3. brick
4. cement
Weathering breaks rocks into ________ pieces and erosion is the movement.
1. smaller
2. organic
3. larger
4. plants
How are boulders and clay related?
1. they are made of the same materials
2. they are all round
3. they are both organic
4. they roll uphill
Water gets into cracks and freezes splitting the rock. This is ________
1. ice wedging
2. ice freezing procedure
3. water wedging
4. ridiculous
The formation on the ceiling of a cave is a _______________
1. stalactite
2. stalagmite
3. rock
4. mineral

ES04B Pre Quiz - Weathering, Erosion and Soil

This will help you know where you are strong.