Mechanical (Physical) Weathering Name ________________________

Complete the sentences with the choices below.

Roots more weathering root action

water carry away frost action temperature changes
holes mechanical crack animal activity
air force

1. The breaking down of the earth's crust into smaller and smaller pieces is called _______________.
2. Weathering that does not cause chemical changes is called _________________________
weathering.
3. Four causes of mechanical weathering are _________________________,
_________________________, _________________________ and _________________________.
4. Heating and cooling over and over again can _________________________ rocks.
5. When water freezes it takes up _________________________ room.
6. The _________________________ of ice can split a rock.
7. Ants, worms, and numbats help weathering because they make _________________________ in
the soil.
8. _________________________ and _________________________ pass through the holes that
animals make in the soil.
9. A plant's _________________________ can split rocks.
10. Weathering just splits the earth's crust into smaller and smaller pieces. It does not
______________________ the pieces.

Chemical Weathering
Complete the sentences with the choices below.

the air oxygen underground caves rust

oxide speeds rain water new products
crumbles carbon dioxide the air carbon dioxide

1. Most chemical weathering is caused by the actions of O _________________________,

R___________ ___________ and C ________________ D _______________________.
2. Chemical weathering always forms _________________________.
3. Oxygen links up with iron to form the compound called iron_________________________.
4. Another name for iron oxide is _________________________.
5. Rust _________________________ easily.
6. The oxygen that rusts iron comes from _________________________.
7. Carbonic acid is formed when _________________________ dissolves in water.
8. Carbon dioxide comes from _________________________.
9. Dissolved limestone may form _________________________ ___________________.
10. Hot, moist weather _________________________chemical weathering.