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Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

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Page 1: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Weathering & Erosion Unit Review

Page 2: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Question #1

What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Page 3: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Answer:

Weathering

Page 4: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Question #2:

What is the type of weathering when rocks are physically broken down?

Page 5: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Answer:

Mechanical

Page 6: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Question #3:

What is the type of weathering when rocks change their chemical composition?

Page 7: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Answer:

Chemical

Page 8: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Question #4:

What is it called when water seeps into cracks, freezes, and expands, breaking the rock around it?

Page 9: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Answer:

Ice wedging

Page 10: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Question #5:

What is the type of weathering when plant roots work to break up rock?

Page 11: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Answer:

organic

Page 12: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Question #6:

What is it called when rocks rub against each other and wear down?

Page 13: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Answer:

abrasion

Page 14: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Question #7:

What is the chemical reaction called that breaks down rocks with water?

Page 15: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Answer:

Hydrolysis

Page 16: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Question #8:

Which type of rock weathers the fastest?

Page 17: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Answer:

Sedimentary rock

Page 18: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Question #9:

Which type of sedimentary rock weathers the fastest?

Page 19: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Answer:

Limestone

Page 20: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Question #10:

Which type of rock does not weather easily?

Page 21: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Answer:

Quartzite

Page 22: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Question #11:

Which will weather faster: a large rock or the large rock broken into pieces?

Page 23: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Answer:

The large rock broken into pieces

Page 24: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Question #12:

What are the four factors that affect the rate of weathering?

Page 25: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Answer:

Composition, exposure, climate, topography

Page 26: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Question #13:

In what type of climates does weathering occur slowly?

Page 27: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Answer:

Hot and dry OR cold and dry

Page 28: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Question #14:

What is the process by which the products of weathering are transported?

Page 29: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Answer:

erosion

Page 30: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Question #15:

The main difference between erosion and weathering is that erosion involves what?

Page 31: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Answer:

transportation

Page 32: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Question #16:

What is the NAME of the top layer of soil?

Page 33: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Answer:

Humus

Page 34: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Question #17

Which layer of soil has all the organic activity?

Page 35: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Answer:

humus

Page 36: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Question #18:

What is the NAME of the second layer of soil from the top?

Page 37: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Answer:

regolith

Page 38: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Question #19:

Which layer of soil has minerals that were leached down?

Page 39: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Answer:

regolith

Page 40: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Question #20:

What is the name of the third layer of soil from the top?

Page 41: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Answer:

Partially weathered bedrock

Page 42: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Question #21:

What is the name of the bottom layer of soil?

Page 43: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Answer:

bedrock

Page 44: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Question #22:

What is the smallest soil particle called?

Page 45: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Answer:

clay

Page 46: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Question #23:

What is the middle sized soil particle called?

Page 47: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Answer:

silt

Page 48: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Question #24:

What is the largest soil particle called?

Page 49: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Answer:

sand

Page 50: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Question #25

What is a cross section in which layers of the soil and the bedrock beneath the soil can be seen?

Page 51: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Answer:

A soil profile

Page 52: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Question #26:

What is a layer of soil called?

Page 53: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Answer:

Soil horizon

Page 54: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Question #27:

What is the process in which water carried dissolved minerals to lower layers of rock?

Page 55: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Answer:

leaching

Page 56: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Question #28:

In what type of climate does chemical weathering occur the fastest?

Page 57: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Answer:

Hot, wet

Page 58: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Question #29:

What kind of land is best for crops?

Page 59: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Answer:

Flat with drainage

Page 60: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Question #30:

What is it called when farmers make cuts in the land that eventually get big enough for erosion?

Page 61: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Answer:

gullying

Page 62: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Question #31:

What is it called when farmers plow up and down slopes to allow water to run off the slopes?

Page 63: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Answer:

furrowing

Page 64: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Question #31:

What is it called when farmers use methods to slow erosion?

Page 65: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Answer:

Soil conservation

Page 66: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Question #32:

What is a method farmers use for soil conservation??

Page 67: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Answer:

Crop rotation

Page 68: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Question #33:

What are the four agents of erosion?

Page 69: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Answer:

Wind, water, glaciers, gravity

Page 70: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Question #34:

What is the movement of fragments down a slope called?

Page 71: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Answer:

Mass movement

Page 72: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Question #35:

What is a rapid mass movement called?

Page 73: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Answer:

Landslide, mud flow, avalanche

Page 74: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Question #36:

What is a slow mass movement called?

Page 75: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Answer:

creep

Page 76: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Question #37:

What are steep landforms with high elevation called?

Page 77: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Answer:

mountains

Page 78: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Question #38:

If mountains have low, rounded tops, are they probably young or old??

Page 79: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Answer:

old

Page 80: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Question #39:

What are gently sloped or flat surfaces at or below sea level called??

Page 81: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Answer:

plains

Page 82: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Question #40:

What are high-elevation flat surfaces above sea level called?

Page 83: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Answer:

plateaus

Page 84: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Question #41:

How would you classify the soil if the pH is less than 7?

Page 85: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Answer:

acidic

Page 86: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Question #42:

What is the term that describes how much water the soil can hold?

Page 87: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Answer:

porosity

Page 88: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Question #43:

Which term describes how well water can flow through soil?

Page 89: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Answer:

permeability

Page 90: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Question #44:

What is the process by which the products of weathering are transported called?

Page 91: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Answer:

erosion

Page 92: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Question #45:

What are the spaces in between the soil particles called?

Page 93: Weathering & Erosion Unit Review. Question #1 What is the change in physcial form or chemical composition of rock materials on the Earth’s surface?

Answer:

Pore spaces

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