Read the questions and use your knowledge and the reading to help you answer the questions correctly.
Acid in water underground can eat away at limestone. When this happens, what most likely forms?
Which is an example of erosion?
Explain the process of biological weathering and how it works. Use an example to support your answer.
Which geographical feature is formed by the process of erosion?
Explain mechanical weathering and how it works. Use an example to support your answer.
Along certain coastlines in Florida each year, the shoreline gets shorter and shorter. It has become such a problem that some people have even needed to move their houses or the water would come right up to them. Some beaches even have to bring in sand each day to stop the shoreline from shrinking. Why is this problem occurring on Florida coastlines?
The process that slowly breaks down rocks over time is known as ______________.
Which is an example of chemical weathering?
The process of sediment being carried away by water is an example of ___________.
There are famous buildings around the world that are made out of marble and other stone. These building often have small holes in them that the builder never intended to be there. Explain why some of these stone buildings have holes in them.
Explain the process of chemical weathering and how it works. Use an example to support your answer.
Erosion can by caused by which element?
Which is not a type of weathering?
Which is an example of mechanical weathering?
How are weathering and erosion different?
Weathering is an example of a(n) ____________ force.
When weathering breaks down rocks, the leftover pieces of the rock are called...
A massive sheet of ice that moves slowly through the ocean carrying bits of rock and soil is a ____________.
Ice can break a rock. True or False
How do weathering and erosion change landforms? Use examples to support your answer.