Weathering Vocab Quizizz

A mineral resistant to mechanical and chemical weathering:

• Feldspar

• Mica

• Calcite

• Quartz

The process by which products of weathering are transported by agents such as water:

• Weathering

• Hydrolysis

• Erosion

• Terracing

The sliding of a large area of sediment or of land down a slope:

• Landslide
• Mudslide

• Laterites

• Creep

Thick, tropical soils containing iron and aluminum minerals:

• Mass Movement

• Laterite

• Terracing

• Exfoliation

List at least two forms of chemical weathering:

• Hydrolysis
• Abrasion

• Oxidation

• Ice Wedging

List at least two forms of mechanical weathering:

• Frost wedging
• Oxidation

• Hydrolysis

• Abrasion

A complex mixture of minerals, water, gases, and organic material:

• Soil
• Bedrock

• Silicates

• Horizon

A strong “glue” that enables sedimentary rock to resist weathering:

• Cement
• Hydrolysis

• Compaction

• Humus

List three agents of erosion:

• Humus

• Wind
• Ice
• Carbonation

• Water

Which of the following are farming methods that conserve topsoil: Mark all that apply

• Contour plowing
• Terracing
• Solifluction

• Crop rotation
• Strip Cropping