Biological Weathering & Organisms Exercise

Biological Weathering & Organisms

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Biological Weathering & Organisms

Explore how living organisms contribute to the breakdown of rocks and minerals. Learn how plants, animals, and microorganisms cause biological weathering.

Questions

  1. MultiChoice

    What is biological weathering?

  2. MultiChoice

    How do burrowing animals contribute to weathering?

  3. MultiChoice

    How do tree roots crack sidewalks and underlying rocks?

  4. MultiChoice

    Which organism forms pioneer colonies on bare rock and produces weathering acids?

  5. MultiChoice

    How do decaying plants affect surrounding soil and rocks?

  6. MultiChoice

    Which animal activity increases both weathering and erosion rates?

  7. MultiChoice

    Biological weathering can involve which processes?

  8. MultiChoice

    How do earthworms assist in soil weathering?

  9. MultiChoice

    Microorganisms like bacteria break down rocks by doing what?

  10. MultiChoice

    What human activity accelerates biological weathering and erosion?

  11. MultiChoice

    Plant root wedging is an example of which category of weathering?

  12. MultiChoice

    Mosses growing on rocks contribute to weathering by doing what?