Question 1 Tell whether the following scenario represents Physical, Chemical or Biological weathering.  The headlight of your new car turns yellow and foggy after five years.   Physical Weathering Chemical Weathering Biological Weathering No answer text provided.     Question 2 Tell whether the following scenario represents Physical, Chemical or Biological weathering.  Chipmunk burrows hole in rock that let in water and air.   Physical Weathering Chemical Weathering Biological Weathering No answer text provided.     Question 3 Tell whether the following scenario represents Physical, Chemical or Biological weathering.  Repeated freezing and thawing of water cracks rock.   Physical Weathering Chemical Weathering Biological Weathering No answer text provided.

Question 1

Tell whether the following scenario represents Physical, Chemical or Biological weathering. 

The headlight of your new car turns yellow and foggy after five years.

 

Physical Weathering

Chemical Weathering

Biological Weathering

No answer text provided.

 

 

Question 2

Tell whether the following scenario represents Physical, Chemical or Biological weathering. 

Chipmunk burrows hole in rock that let in water and air.

 

Physical Weathering

Chemical Weathering

Biological Weathering

No answer text provided.

 

 

Question 3

Tell whether the following scenario represents Physical, Chemical or Biological weathering. 

Repeated freezing and thawing of water cracks rock.

 

Physical Weathering

Chemical Weathering

Biological Weathering

No answer text provided.

 

 

Question 41 

Tell whether the following scenario represents Physical, Chemical or Biological weathering. 

The Statue of Liberty is made of copper but now it looks green.

 

Physical Weathering

Chemical Weathering

Biological Weathering

No answer text provided.

 

 

Question 5

Tell whether the following scenario represents Physical, Chemical or Biological weathering. 

Formation of potholes in streets during severe winters.

 

Physical Weathering

Chemical Weathering

Biological Weathering

No answer text provided.

 

 

Question 6

Tell whether the following scenario represents Physical, Chemical or Biological weathering. 

Roots uplifting sidewalk.

 

Physical Weathering

Chemical Weathering

Biological Weathering

No answer text provided.

 

 

Question 7

Tell whether the following scenario represents Physical, Chemical or Biological weathering. 

A big rock falling from a cliff and breaks into pieces

 

Physical Weathering

Chemical Weathering

Biological Weathering

No answer text provided.

 

 

Question 8

Tell whether the following scenario represents Physical, Chemical or Biological weathering. 

Limestone dissolved by carbonic acid rain.

 

 

Physical Weathering

Chemical Weathering

Biological Weathering

No answer text provided.

 

 

Question 9

Tell whether the following scenario represents Physical, Chemical or Biological weathering. 

Tree roots cracking the concrete foundation of a house.

 

Physical Weathering

Chemical Weathering

Biological Weathering

No answer text provided.

 

 

Question 10

Identify the process leading to the following physical, chemical, or biological weathering.

Water, salt or ice gets into holes and cracks in rock and expands it outwards.

 

Thermal Expansion

Hydrolysis

Oxidation

Wedging

 

 

Question 11

Identify the process leading to the following physical, chemical, or biological weathering.

Layers of rock are stripped or pilled from rock below due increased heat and decrease in pressure.

 

Abrasion

Hydrolysis

Thermal Expansion

Exfoliation

 

 

Question 12

Identify the process leading to the following physical, chemical, or biological weathering.

Wind blast break a rock into small pieces.

 

Thermal Expansion

Abrasion

Wedging

Oxidation

 

 

Question 13

Identify the process leading to the following physical, chemical, or biological weathering.

Oxygen reacts with iron existing in rocks to form iron oxide or rusting of rocks 

 

Oxidation

Thermal Expansion

Abrasion

Hydrolysis

 

 

Question 14

Identify the process leading to the following physical, chemical, or biological weathering.

When rock is heated its expands and cracks due to decreasing pressure.

 

Wedging

Thermal Expansion

Hydrolysis

Carbonation

 

 

Question 15

Identify the process leading to the following physical, chemical, or biological weathering.

A rock with high water content decays and becomes softer and susceptible to weathering. 

Hydrolysis

Carbonation

Oxidation

Wedging

 

 

Question 16

Identify the process leading to the following physical, chemical, or biological weathering.

Acid rain formed from sulfur and nitrogen compounds in the air reacting with water molecules and eroding tombstones and statues, and other public monuments.

 

Oxidation

Carbonation

Hydrolysis

Abrasion

 

 

Question 17

Identify the process leading to the following physical, chemical, or biological weathering.

A growing plant roots cause cracks in rock and expands it outwards.

 

Wedging

Abrasion

Thermal Expansion

Oxidation

 

 

Question 18

Identify the process leading to the following physical, chemical, or biological weathering.

Nutrients in the top solid are dissolved by rain water infiltration and moved to the bottom layer

 

Leaching

Oxidation

Abrasion

Wedging

 

 

Question 19

Identify the process leading to the following physical, chemical, or biological weathering.

Wild animals burrowing holes into cracks in a rock and causing the cracks to widen and break the rock apart.

 

Carbonation

Thermal Expansion

Abrasion

Wedging

 

 

Question 20

Identify the process leading to the following physical, chemical, or biological weathering.

Algae, lichens, bacteria and mosses grow on rock surfaces in humid regions producing weak acids that weaken rocks and making them vulnerable to weathering.

 

Oxidation

Abrasion

Carbonation

Hydrolysis