Regents Review #5 - Surface Processes

Four quartz samples of equal size and shape were placed in a stream. Which of the four quartz samples below has most likely been transported farthest in the stream?

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A stream with a water velocity of 150 centimeters per second decreases to a velocity of 100 centimeters per second. Which sediment size will most likely be deposited?

• 1. pebbles

• 1. sand

• 1. boulders

• 1. cobbles

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The cross section below represents a portion of a meandering stream. Points X and Y represent two positions on opposite sides of the stream.

Based on the cross section, which map of a meandering stream best shows the positions of points X and Y?

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A stream is transporting the particles W, X, Y, and Z, shown below.

Which particle will most likely settle to the bottom first as the velocity of this stream decreases?

• 1. W

• 1. X

• 1. Y

• 1. Z  

Which event is an example of chemical weathering?

• 1. rocks falling off the face of a steep cliff

• 1. feldspar in granite being crushed into clay-sized particles

• 1. water freezing in cracks in a roadside outcrop

• 1. acid rain reacting with limestone bedrock

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The formation of soil is primarily the result of

• 1. stream erosion and mass movement

• 1. stream deposition and runoff

• 1. precipitation and wind erosion

• 1. weathering and biological activity

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The block diagram below represents the underlying bedrock structure of a landscape region.

Which diagram represents the most likely stream drainage pattern on the surface of this landscape?

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Sediments found in glacial moraines are best described as

• 1. sorted and layered

• 1. sorted and not layered

• 1. unsorted and layered

• 1. unsorted and not layered

The photograph below shows a valley glacier altering the landscape.

• 1. U-shaped valley with scratched and grooved bedrock

• 1. U-shaped valley with well-sorted, rounded sediment

• 1. V-shaped valley with scratched and grooved bedrock

• 1. V-shaped valley with well-sorted, rounded sediment

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The geologic cross section below represents surface landscape features that developed in an arid climate.

A change in climate to one that is more humid would cause the...

• 1. shape of the hills to become more rounded

• 1. elevation of the area to become higher

• 1. porosity of the bedrock to increase

• 1. rate of chemical weathering to decrease

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