Weathering and Mass Movement Processes

Question 1

What are the 3 types of weathering?

Answer 1

chemical
biological
mechanical

Question 2

give an example of mechanical weathering?

Answer 2

freeze-thaw (water gets into rocks, expands and then melts, weakening the rock)

Question 3

Give an example of biological weathering

Answer 3

roots of plants (grow into the cliffs, weakening rock)

Question 4

give an example of chemical weathering

Answer 4

• acid rain (corrodes and weakens rock)
• carbonation (link to carbon cycle)

Question 5

What is weathering?

Answer 5

a sub-aerial process which breaks down rocks over time

Question 6

How could weathering lead to an input of sediment?

Answer 6

rocks could break off and enter littoral zone

Question 7

What is mass movement?

Answer 7

the large scale movement of material down a slope due to gravity

Question 8

What are the 4 types of mass movement?

Answer 8

• rock fall
• creeping
• rotational slip/slumping
• landslides

Question 9

Give 2 factors that can influence the prominence of weathering

Answer 9

temperature and climate

Question 10

What type of weathering is prominent in warmer climates?

Answer 10

chemical