science

Which of the following forms of energy powers the rock cycle?

All of these power the rock cycle

How are wind, water, and gravity considered major agents of erosion rather than weathering?

Because erosion involves movement of earth materials from one location to another

How can water be an agent for physical weathering?

By seeping into the cracks of rocks and freezing

Which type of weathering results in rocks that undergoes changes due to a chemical change in composition .

Chemical weathering

____________ is the removal and transportation of weathered material from one location to another.

Erosion

Which process is most responsible for the formation of the part of the Grand Canyon shown to the right?

Erosion by wind and water

Extreme heat and pressure is needed to form metamorphic rocks. Where does the extreme heat come from to form these rocks?

From magma inside the Earth D.

Which of the following best describes how intrusive igneous rocks are different from extrusive igneous rocks?

Intrusive igneous rocks form underground and extrusive igneous rocks form above ground

Clay soils in North Carolina are red because of which element?

Iron

How do glaciers help create soil?

It scrapes small particles off large rocks.

Which is an example of chemical weathering?

Limestone dissolved by acid rain

What is the difference between lava and magma?

Magma is inside the Earth; it's called lava after an eruption B.

Why does magma cool slower than lava?

Magma is underground

What is the largest component of soil?

Minerals (sediments)

How do plants most commonly break large rocks into smaller pieces?

Plant roots grow into cracks in rocks

Use the soil diagram that is given . Which type of soil is 30% clay, 10% silt, and 60% sand?

Sandy Clay Loam

How can police detectives use the dirt on a suspect's shoes as evidence that the suspect was in a certain location?

Soils differ from place to place in color and texture.

Which could most likely be concluded about the top layer of rock see n in an undisturbed cliff wall?

The top layer is younger than layers located farther down the cliff

How are weathering and erosion different?

Weathering breaks rocks apart and erosion transports the pieces

Which best represents an example of weathering?

Wind and rain break large rocks into smaller pieces

Which type of weathering is a result of plants, animals, and humans physically breaking down rocks into new minerals?

Wind and rain break large rocks into smaller pieces

Which type of weathering is the result of water freezing and expanding inside the cracks of rocks when it freezes?

frost wedging

A Rock Cycle diagram is shown to the right. What happens to the rocks at location 3?

heat and pressure

Why are magma and lava not considered to be rocks?

neither is a solid

Finding many igneous rocks near a mountain could indicate the presence of which structures?

volcanoes

What is the best explanation for finding a metamorphic rock in a river?

weathering and erosion