Pre-Test: Earth Structures

Which is an agent of physical weathering?

• Carbon Dioxide

• Acid Rain

• Oxygen

• Freezing and thawing

Which process involves the removal of rock particles by wind, water, ice or gravity?

• oxidation
• chemical weathering
• erosion
• mechanical weathering

Which is an agent of chemical weathering that produces weak acids that dissolve rock?

• burrowing animals
• plant roots
• ice
• pressure

In which type of climate does chemical weathering occur fastest?

• hot and wet
• hot and dry
• cold and wet
• cold and dry

In which type of mass movement can soils behave like a liquid and start flowing?

• slump
• creep
• landslide
• mudslide

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-5

What is a channel with continually flowing water that flows into a larger river called?

• gully

• flood plain

• rill

• tributary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

_____ is the picking up of large chunks of rock debris by a glacier.

• Plucking

• Abrasion

• Weathering

• Erosion

As waves approach the shore and change direction, on which landform is most of their energy concentrated?

• headlands

• beaches

• sandbars

• sea caves

Which process occurs when waves carrying sediment wear away rocks along a coast?

• deposition

• abrasion

• impact

• chemical weathering

Which landform is a long, narrow island parallel to the coast?

• sandbar

• headland

• barrier beach

• spit