Earth Science Weathering and Erosion

Which process describes the downward sliding of the rock material?

• tidal changes

• glacial erosion

• mass movement

• lava flow

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The photograph below shows conglomerate composed of pebbles cemented together with calcite. Compared to the ages of the calcite cement and the conglomerate, the relative ages of the pebbles are

• younger than both the calcite cement and the conglomerate

• younger than the calcite cement, but the same age as the conglomerate

• older than both the calcite cement and the conglomerate

• older than the calcite cement, but the same age as the conglomerate

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At which New York State location can intensely metamorphosed surface bedrock be found?

• Rochester

• Old Forge

• Slide Mountaing

• Utica

Which geologic processes are most likely responsible for the banding and alignment of mineral crystals represented in diagram B?

• melting and solidification

• heating and increasing pressure

• compaction and cementation

• weathering and erosion

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The diagram above represents a naturally occurring geologic process. Which process is best illustrated by the diagram?

• cementation

• erosion

• metamorphism

• weathering

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The soil shown in time 2 was formed mainly by

• compaction and cementing

• weathering and biological activity

• faulting and tilting of rock strata

• mass movement and deposition of particles

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Earth has sedimentary bedrock of marine origin

that is four billion years old. Which inference

can be made from this information?

• Earth had oceans four billion years ago.

• Sedimentary rocks formed from magma when Earth cooled four billion years ago.

• Most sedimentary rocks are at least four billion years old.

• Life existed on Earth four billion years ago.

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The block diagram below represents a landscape

where caverns and sinkholes have gradually

developed over a long period of time.

• The bedrock chemically reacted with acidic groundwater.

• This type of bedrock contained large amounts of oxygen and silicon.

• Glacial deposits altered the shape of the bedrock.

• Crustal uplift formed gaps in the bedrock.

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The cross section below shows soil layer X, which was formed from underlying bedrock. Which change would most likely cause soil layer X to increase in thickness?

• a decrease in slope

• a decrease in rainfall

• an increase in biologic activity

• an increase in air pressure

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The cross section below shows layers of soil. Which two processes produced the layer of dark brown to black soil?

• melting and solidification of magma

• erosion and uplifting

• weathering and biologic activity

• compaction and cementation

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