Semester 1 Review- E-Learning Activity

All of the following cause MECHANICAL weathering EXCEPT:

• Ice
• Tree Roots
• Water
• Carbonic Acid

Ice wedging is caused by ___________________

• Acids freezing on rocks
• Water and Oxygen reacting
• Water Freezing and Thawing
• Rocks colliding with each other

An area's climate is _____________________________

• its high and low temperatures
• its annual rainfall
• its pattern of weather over many years
• its daily weather over the last year.

The minerals found in the B and C horizons were dissolved and carried down to those soil layers through the process of _______________

• Oxidation
• Leaching
• Weathering
• Precipitation

The Global Positioning System sends __________________ to give users their precise locations.

• Sound Waves
• Radio Signals
• Doppler Radar
• shadows cast by landforms

To determine distance east and west, you would use ______________.

• lines of latitude
• the equator
• contour lines
• lines of longitude

An example of a raised, flat areas is/are the ___________________.

• Grand Teton Mountains
• Coastal Plains
• Colorado Plateau
• Appalachian Mountains

_________________ cells change the Sun's energy into electricity.

• solar
• coal
• nuclear
• hydroelectric

A ____________________ can be replaced within a human lifetime.

• solar
• biomass
• renewable resource
• inexhaustible resource

______________ is formed from the buried remains of marine organisms.

• solar
• biomass
• nuclear
• oil