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Science test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the factors that determine the rate of weathering? | Composition, physical conditions, climate, topography, air pollution, exposure time, surface area. |
| Examples of physical weathering | Temperature, ice wedging, organic activity, Gravity, abrasion, exfoliation contraction |
| Examples of chemical weathering | Water, acid, oxidation |
| Weathering is | The breakdown of rocks |
| Erosion is | The movement of broken rocks |
| How/why does water cause chemical weathering | It dissolves minerals out of rocks making them weaker |
| What is abrasion | Rocks rubbing against other rocks |
| The more rounded a rock | The longer it is being tumbled or going through abrasion or in a stream/river |
| Surface area | The greater it is and that the greater the area is exposed to agents the greater rate of weathering |
| What is soil composed of | Rock and biological material |
| What type of climate increases physical weathering | Cold |
| What type of climate increases chemical weathering | Warm wet |
| How do you tell what eroded a rock | Physical appearence |
| What force causes mass movements | Gravity |
| Where is a streams velocity the greatest (curved( | Outside |
| Where is the streams velocity the greatest(straight) | Middle |
| Where does deposition occur | Inside |
| Where does erosion occur | Outside |
| What is the relationship between velocity of a stream and the size of the particles it can carry | Faster velocity =larger particles |
| Where do streams flow | Downhill |
| What two factors influence the velocity of a stream | Slope and volume |
| What does sorting look like | Slower flow of water smaller the particles |
| What causes sorting | Waters velocity |