Liceo de Cagayan University

Senior High School Department

RNP Boulevard, Kauswagan, Cagayan de Oro City

STUDENT ACTIVITY SHEET NO. 5A

(Individual Task)

Subject: Earth Science

Topic: Mechanical weathering
Name: Kent James M. Bonbon Date Given: ______________________
Due Date: ______________________

Learning Competencies:

At the end of the activity, the learner will be able to describe how rocks undergo weathering.

Instructions:
Complete each statement with a term from the list. Write your answers in the spaces provided.

Activity:

contract expand mechanical weathering

chemical weathering pressure ice wedging
root action weathering

1. The process by which rocks on Earth’s crust are broken down is called Weathering .

2. Physical changes in rocks, such as size and shape, occur during Mechanical Weathering .

3. The chemical makeup of rocks is changed during Chemical Weathering..

4. During the day, heat causes the outside of rocks to expand , or become larger.

5. At night, the outsides of rocks cool and contract .

6. When water inside rocks freezes and melts over and over again, ice wedging occurs.

7. The roots of trees can exert pressure on a sidewalk and cause it to crack.
8. If a tree causes a sidewalk to crack, mechanical weathering called root action has taken place.

Skill Challenge
Skills: analyzing, classifying

Decide which kind of mechanical weathering is described by each statement. In

the space provided, write T for temperature change, I for ice wedging, and R for
root action.

I 1. After a harsh winter, a street has many potholes.

R 2. Cracks appear in a sidewalk near a tree.

I 3. A stone wall begins to crumble after several winters during which ice formed in its
cracks.

T 4. The outside of a rock peels off from repeated heating and cooling.

R 5. Cracks develop between the bricks of an ancient stone ruin among the trees in a jungle.
 Liceo de Cagayan University
Senior High School Department
RNP Boulevard, Kauswagan, Cagayan de Oro City

STUDENT ACTIVITY SHEET NO. 5B

(Individual Task)

Subject: Earth Science

Topic: Mechanical weathering
Name: _Kent James M. Bonbon

Learning Competencies:

At the end of the activity, the learner will be able to describe how rocks undergo weathering.

Instructions:

What is chemical weathering?

Match each term in Column B with its description in Column A. Write the correct letter in the space
provided.

Column A
D 1. change that produces new Column B
substances
a. moss
G 2. causes chemical changes in rocks
b. oxidation
B 3. reaction between oxygen and
c. carbonic acid
another substance
d. chemical change
H 4. iron oxide
e. pyrite
E 5. mineral containing iron
f. carbon dioxide
I 6. chemical reaction between water
and another substance g. chemical weathering

F 7. a gas in the air h. rust

i. hydrolysis
C 8. carbon dioxide dissolved in water
J 9. rock made of calcite j. limesto

A 10. acid-producing plant

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