Weathering and erosion
4th grade (Year 5 in England) · 11 questions · Common Core: NGSS.4-ESS2-1, NGSS.2-ESS1-1 · England: KS2 Y3 Rocks, KS3 Chemistry: Earth and atmosphere (rock cycle)
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Question 1
Which type of weathering is this: iron in rock rusting?
- A. physical weathering
- B. chemical weathering
- C. biological weathering
Question 2
What is the difference between weathering and erosion?
- A. Weathering moves rocks to the sea
- B. Weathering breaks rock down; erosion carries the pieces away
- C. Erosion only happens in deserts
- D. They are exactly the same
Question 3
Which type of weathering is this: rocks heating by day and cooling at night?
- A. physical weathering
- B. chemical weathering
- C. biological weathering
Question 4
Which can carry rock fragments away (erosion)?
- A. only sunlight
- B. rivers, wind and glaciers
- C. nothing moves rocks
- D. only plants
Question 5
Which type of weathering is this: rabbits burrowing into soft rock?
- A. physical weathering
- B. chemical weathering
- C. biological weathering
Question 6
Which can carry rock fragments away (erosion)?
- A. only sunlight
- B. rivers, wind and glaciers
- C. nothing moves rocks
- D. only plants
Question 7
Which type of weathering is this: water freezing and expanding in cracks?
- A. physical weathering
- B. chemical weathering
- C. biological weathering
Question 8
Which can carry rock fragments away (erosion)?
- A. only sunlight
- B. rivers, wind and glaciers
- C. only plants
- D. nothing moves rocks
Question 9
Which type of weathering is this: rabbits burrowing into soft rock?
- A. physical weathering
- B. chemical weathering
- C. biological weathering
Question 10
Which landform is mainly carved by a river over a very long time?
- A. a sand dune
- B. a canyon
- C. a volcano
- D. an island
Question 11
Which type of weathering is this: rabbits burrowing into soft rock?
- A. physical weathering
- B. chemical weathering
- C. biological weathering
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