Water Cycle, Weathering, Erosion, Deposition

What is the primary cause of surface ocean currents? 

• winds
• precipitation 
• evaporation
• earthquakes 

Which conditions would produce the most surface water runoff? 

• heavy rain, steep slope, frozen ground 
• gentle slope, heavy rain, frozen ground 
• steep slope, unfrozen ground, gentle rain
• gentle rain, gentle slope, unfrozen ground 

When water vapor moves out of the leaves of a tree into the atmosphere it is called...

• transpiration 
• condensation 
• infiltration 
• runoff 

What causes the water table to rise?

• an increase in the amount of precipitation 
• a decrease in the amount of surface area covered by vegetation 
• a decrease in the amount of infiltration 
• an increase in the slope of the land 

Soil with the greatest porosity has particles that are 

• well sorted and loosely packed 
• poorly sorted and densely packed 
• well sorted and densely packed 
• poorly sorted and loosely packed 

Which property of soil is usually greater when particles are fine verses when the particles are coarse? 

• capillarity 
• infiltration 
• porosity 
• permeability rate 

Water will infiltrated through this material the fastest... 

• pebbles 
• clay 
• silt
• sand 

Which is an example of chemical weathering 

• dissolving of limestone by acid rain 
• freezing of water in the cracks of a sidewalk 
• abrasion of a streambed 
• grinding of talc into powder 

As particle size increases, the permeability rate 

• increase (direct relationship) 
• decreases (indirect relationship)
• stays the same 

A landslide is an example of 

• river deposition 
• mass movement 
• glacial scouring 
• chemical weathering