What is Chemical Weathering?

When rocks dissolve or decompose.

When rocks are broken up into smaller pieces.

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Weathering Quiz

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1What is weathering?
1. AMaterials being carried away by a river and deposited somewhere.
2. BThe breakdown of rocks that lie exposed to the weather.
2Mechanical weathering breaks up rocks into smaller pieces.
1. ATrue
2. BFalse
3There are four different kinds of weathering.
1. ATrue
2. BFalse
4What is Chemical Weathering?
1. AWhen rocks dissolve or decompose.
2. BWhen rocks are broken up into smaller pieces.
5Transport is the [blank_start]movement[blank_end] of broken pieces of rock by wind, ice or water.
1. Amovement
2. Bdissolving
3. Ceroding
6Frost, sudden temperature changes, plants and animals are the main causes of mechanical weathering.
1. ATrue
2. BFalse
7The main cause of chemical weathering is:
1. AWind
2. BRain
3. CSun