$100 Question What is a good definition of Weathering? 1.
Breaking down rock into smaller bits 2. An excessive amount of rain
during the year 3. When water creates a channel in the earth 4.
When wind blows sand into a pile
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$100 Answer 1. Breaking down rock into smaller bits
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$200 Question 1.Constructive 2.Destructive 3.Both constructive
and destructive 4.Neither constructive nor destructive Weathering
is:
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$200 Answer 2. Destructive
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$300 Question Which of the following is NOT abrasion? 1.Ice
gets inside a rock, freezes and cracks it open 2.Water washes
fragments of rock down a stream channel making it deeper 3.Wind
blows sand against a rock tower to sculpt it into rock formations
4.A glacier scrapes rock bits against a hill causing scratches in
the rocky surface
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$300 Answer 1. Ice gets inside a rock, freezes and cracks it
open
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$400 Question DOUBLE JEOPARDY What is the universal solvent?
1.Water 2.Wind 3.Acid 4.Lye 5.A calculator
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$400 Answer 1. Water
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$500 Question Which of the following is an example of Chemical
Weathering? 1.Wind sandblasts a hole in a rock over a many-year
period 2.Water slowly dissolves a rock tombstone 3.Ice causes a
rock to split into fragments 4.A plant root causes a sidewalk to
buckle
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$500 Answer 2. Water slowly dissolves a rock tombstone
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$100 Question Which of the following is mechanical weathering
by Non-living things? 1.Ground squirrels digging burrows 2.Water
cracks a roads surface by freezing and expanding 3.The roots of a
plant go through a crack in the rock and make it wider 4.A mole
digs a tunnel under the earth
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$100 Answer 2. Water cracks a roads surface by freezing and
expanding
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$200 Question 1.Constructive 2.Destructive 3.Both constructive
and destructive 4.Neither constructive nor destructive Erosion
is:
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$200 Answer 2.Destructive
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$300 Question Which of the following would NOT be needed for
oxidation ? 1.Water 2.Metal 3.Oxygen 4.Rock
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$300 Answer 4. Rock (Its not the rock, but the iron IN the rock
which oxides)
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$400 Question What living organisms often cause chemical
weathering? 1.Dogs and wolves 2.Lichens and fungi 3.Squirrels and
mice 4.Jellyfish and seaweed
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$400 Answer 2. Lichens and fungi
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$500 Question What would be an example of chemical weathering
from non-living causes: 1.Acids from decaying plants break down
rocks 2.Acid rain eats away stone pillars 3.Glacier movement leaves
striation in rocks 4.The pounding waves at the seashore cause tiny
sand grains
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$500 Answer 2. Acid rain eats away stone pillars
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$100 Question DOUBLE JEOPARDY Carbonic Acid is chemical
weathering which can create 1.Caves 2.Sink holes 3.Caverns 4.All of
the above
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$100 Answer 4. All of the above
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$200 Question 1.Oxygen 2.Nitrogen 3.Carbon dioxide 4.Carbon
monoxide Carbonic acid is a mixture of water and
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$200 Answer 3. Carbon Dioxide
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$300 Question Which of the following is NOT caused by
deposition? 1.A sandbar in a river 2.A sand dune in the desert
3.Islands in a river delta 4.Striations in rock caused by glacial
movement
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$300 Answer 4. Striations in rock caused by glacial
movement
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$400 Question In the picture, which forces are involved in
shaping the earth? 1.Abrasion 2.Erosion 3.Deposition 4.Both 2 and 3
5.1, 2, and 3
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$400 Answer 5. 1, 2, and 3 Erosion, abrasion and
deposition
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$500 Question A U-shaped valley is a geologic formation caused
by erosion by 1.Wind 2.Ice 3.Water 4.Acid rain
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$500 Answer 2. Ice
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$100 Question What is deposition? 1.The break down of rocks
into smaller pieces 2.The movement of sediment 3.Sediment being
dropped off 4.The wind carving a furrow in a rock
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$100 Answer 3. Sediment being dropped off
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$200 Question DOUBLE JEOPARDY 1.Constructive 2.Destructive
3.Both constructive and destructive 4.Neither constructive nor
destructive Deposition is:
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$200 Answer 1. Constructive
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$300 Question Which of these will NOT cause mechanical
weathering? 1.Water 2.Wind 3.Ice 4.Acid rain
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$300 Answer 4. Acid rain (Acid rains dissolves)
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$400 Question When caves and sinkholes form, it is because
water has dissolved 1.Sandstone 2.Limestone 3.Granite
4.Feldspar
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$400 Answer 2. Limestone
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$500 Question When a river continually overflows its banks and
erodes the land around it, the result is 1.A floodplain 2.A very
deep river 3.Igneous rock 4.A sinkhole
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$500 Answer 1. A floodplain
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$100 Question The physical force which causes the movement of
water and ice is called 1.Tilt 2.Gravity 3.Slope 4.Momentum
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$100 Answer 2. Gravity
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$200 Question Karst landscape is often full of 1.Sink holes
2.Caves 3.Limestone 4.All of the above A
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$200 Answer 4. All of the above
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$300 Question When rock is chemically dissolved and carried
away by groundwater, the result is 1.Mudslides 2.Caves 3.Beaches
4.Sand dunes
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$300 Answer 2. Caves
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$400 Question Stalactites and stalagmites in caves are
formations created from 1.Deposition 2.Erosion 3.Abrasion
4.Weathering
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$400 Answer 1. Deposition
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$500 Question DOUBLE JEOPARDY Which is NOT the result of a
Glacial deposition? 1.Moraine 2.Hill 3.Lake 4.Cave
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$500 Answer 4. Cave
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Final Jeopardy When the wind is carrying sediment and drops it,
deposition occurs because the wind
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Final Jeopardy Answer When the wind is carrying sediment and
drops it, deposition occurs because the wind slows down