7.4C| Mechanical or Chemical Weathering?

This exercise has been modified from Lecture Tutorials for Introductory Geoscience (Kortz and Smay, 3rd ed) and will require you to apply what you've learned about mechanical and chemical weathering.  

Instructions

Read each question carefully and choose or formulate the best answer. You have three attempts and no time limit. 

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Time Needed

15-30 minutes.

Learning Objectives

• Students can describe the role weathering, mass wasting, and erosion play in shaping Earth’s surface and can provide and/or identify examples of each of these processes
• Students can describe the evolution of landforms and geologic structures in the context of constructive and/or destructive geologic processes
• Describe how weathering, mass wasting, and erosion are geologically destructive forces
• Differentiate between mechanical and chemical weathering and identify examples