What is weathering, and how does it affect rocks?

It breaks down rocks into smaller pieces

Can happen with physical and chemical changes

Changes rock appearance and composition

What is the role of living organisms in soil formation?

Mix the humus with the fragments of rock.

They stop plant growth, preventing soil development.

They only depend on minerals from the soil for their survival.

The Richter Scale uses a log base-10 scale to measure earthquake strength from 1 (daily motion) up to 10 (catastrophic). What does this mean in terms of the intensity of an earthquake?

The seismic waves get 10 times faster and bigger as the number increases

The seismic waves get 10 times slower and smaller as the number increases

The seismic waves get remain unchanged

The chance of a tsunami increases as the number increases

Below is a map of Africa showing the location and geology of the East African Rift. Why would volcanoes appear near a rift valley?

Rift valleys are associated with divergent boundaries where the crust is spreading apart and magma can come to the surface

Rift valleys are associated with convergent boundaries where subduction occurs, and magma rises under the crust

Rift valleys are associated with transform boundaries where the friction creates so much heat that the rocks melt

What does accretion mean in planet formation?

the growth of planetesimals from smaller solid particles that collided and stuck together

the formation of moons around planets

the solidification of ices, rocks, and metal from the gas of the solar nebula

The scale used to measure 1 AU (astronomical unit) is...

the distance from the sun to Earth

the time it takes to travel from Earth to Mars

the time it takes Earth to revolve one time around the sun

the distance from Earth to the moon

What are the two main differences between asteroids and comets?

Asteroids are rocky and found at the Frost Line. Comets are icy and can form at the Kuiper Belt.

Asteroids are icy and can form at the Kuiper Belt. Comets are rocky and found at the Frost Line.

Asteroids do not have enough material to form a planet. Comets can collide to form Jovian planets.

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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The movement of any material, such as rock, soil, or snow, downslope caused by GRAVITY.

Mass Wasting (Mass Movement)

Groundwater

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When soil, rock, or sand is dropped by the agent of erosion (wind, water, ice, groundwater, gravity) carrying it.

Deposition

Erosion

The process by which soil is moved from one place to another by water wind, glaciers, and gravity.

Erosion

Deposition

The strongest agent of erosion; moves an enormous amount of weathered rock and soil.

Ice

Water

Triangular shape at the end of a river where it meets a larger mass of water.

glacier

Delta

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What is the source of energy that forms sedimentary rocks?

wind

water

ice

sunlight

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Where is sedimentary rock found?

underground

in the earth

on top of the earth

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The movement of any material, such as rock, soil, or snow, downslope caused by GRAVITY.

When soil, rock, or sand is dropped by the agent of erosion (wind, water, ice, groundwater, gravity) carrying it.

The process by which soil is moved from one place to another by water wind, glaciers, and gravity.

The strongest agent of erosion; moves an enormous amount of weathered rock and soil.

Triangular shape at the end of a river where it meets a larger mass of water.

What is the source of energy that forms sedimentary rocks?

Where is sedimentary rock found?

Weathering ________ rocks.

Which type of physical weathering is pictured?

What is another name for the friction produced by wind weathering? SELECT 2 ANSWERS FOR FULL CREDIT.

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