Quiz Review Chapter 2

Question 1

chemical or mechanical weathering:

acid rain

Answer 1

chemical weathering

Question 2

chemical or mechanical weathering:

frost heaving

Answer 2

mechanical weathering

Question 3

chemical or mechanical weathering:

exfoliation

Answer 3

mechanical weathering

Question 4

chemical or mechanical weathering:

oxidation

Answer 4

chemical weathering

Question 5

chemical or mechanical weathering:

acid from lichens and mosses

Answer 5

chemical weathering

Question 6

chemical or mechanical weathering:

abrasion

Answer 6

mechanical weathering

Question 7

The process of breaking down rocks is called ____.

Answer 7

weathering

Question 8

 This forms when carbon dioxide dissolves in water.

Answer 8

Carbonic acid

Question 9

Dripping dissolved calcite causes a ____ to build up on the floor of a cave.

Answer 9

stalagmite

Question 10

This occurs when oxygen combines with what a rock is made of and forms new compounds.

Answer 10

Oxidation

Question 11

Type of rock that forms hardened sediment and tiny organisms

Answer 11

sedimentary rock

Question 12

Type of rock that forms from cooled magma

Answer 12

igneous rock

Question 13

Type of rock that forms by great heat and pressure

Answer 13

metamorphic rock

Question 14

Forms when carbon dioxide dissolves in water

Answer 14

carbonic acid

Question 15

The process of breaking down rocks

Answer 15

weathering

Question 16

Name given to the changing of rock to different types

Answer 16

rock cycle

Question 17

builds up on the floor of a cave from dripping dissolved calcite

Answer 17

stalagmite

Question 18

formed from dissolved calcite and hangs from the ceiling of a cave

Answer 18

stalactite