Unit 1 Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition Test Review

Soil is a mixture of all of the following EXCEPT:

• Weathered Rock

• Organic Matter

• Erosion

• Air

Mechanical weathering can result in all of the following except___________.

• Burrowing by animals

• Ice Wedging

• Abrasion

• Deflation

Gravity, ice, wind, and water are causes of ________.

• Runoff

• Erosion

• Abrasion

• Deflation

When materials containing iron are exposed to water and oxygen ________ can occur.

• wedging

• mechanical weathering

• oxidation

• ironization

All of the following EXCEPT ________ can weather rock.

• animals

• sunlight

• plants

• freezing and thawing

What is weathering?

• a type of climate

• the transport of rock particles

• the breaking down of rock

• the aging of rock

Weathering forms sediments that can be moved by...

• ice and fire

• wind and water

• snow and rain

• fire and rain

Which of the following earth processes typically follows erosion?

• precipitation

• concentration

• deposition

• evolution

Ice wedging is an example of .....

• mechanical weathering

• chemical weathering

• cementing

• deposition

Mass movement is the movement of any material _____; it is caused by the force of _______.

• uphill;wind

• downhill;wind

• downhill;gravity

• in any direction; gravity