Weathering Erosion Rocks

Question 1

What is chemical weathering?

Answer 1

Chemical weathering is when rocks are being destroyed by chemicals in the rain

Question 2

What is physical weathering?

Answer 2

Physical weathering is the movements of the Earth and environment that break the rocks apart.

Question 3

Give examples of each one

Answer 3

Burrowing
Onion skin freeze thaw
Acidic rain

Question 4

What is weathering?

Answer 4

Weathering is when rocks are broken down.

Question 5

What is erosion?

Answer 5

It is when rocks are broken down and are transported somewhere else

Question 6

Give examples of different ways of transportation for erosion

Answer 6

Wind
Water
Gravity
Ice

Question 7

Name all 3 different types of rocks

Answer 7

Igneous
Metamorphic
Sedimentary

Question 8

How are igneous rocks formed?

Answer 8

It is the cooling of the lava/magma into a solid

Question 9

How are sedimentary rocks formed?

Answer 9

They are formed from the pressure of the water

Question 10

How are metamorphic rocks formed?

Answer 10

They are formed from heat and pressure

Question 11

Name a few metamorphic rocks

Answer 11

Limestone
Marble
Slate

Question 12

Igneous rocks name a few

Answer 12

Granite
Obsidian
Basalt

Question 13

Name a few sedimentary rocks

Answer 13

Sandstone
Chalk
Coal

Question 14

What is the difference between extrusive rocks and intrusive?

Answer 14

Intrusive rocks are bigger because they solidify slower

Question 15

What does porous mean?

Answer 15

Absorbs water

Question 16

How does freeze thaw work?

Answer 16

When water freezes in a pothole and it makes the hole bigger

Question 17

What is onion skin weathering?

Answer 17

When the temperatures change when it changes to night and to day

Question 18

What is biological weathering?

Answer 18

It is when animals or plants dig into the ground and make holes.