Surficial Processes Study Guide

The natural chemical or physical processes that breaks down rock on Earth's surface.

• weathering
• erosion
• deposition
• jackhammering

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The process by which water, ice, wind or gravity moves weathered rock and soil from one place to another.

• weathering
• erosion
• deposition
• dumptruck

This type of weathering occurs when rock is physically broken down into smaller pieces of rock.

• mechanical weathering
• chemical weathering
• erosion weathering
• deposition

Which rock will weather at the fastest rate when exposed to acid rain?

• granite

• limestone

• gneiss

• quartzite

At which New York State location can intensely metamorphosed surface bedrock be found?

• Rochester

• Old Forge

• Slide Mountain

• Utica

Columns A, B, C, and D below represent outcrops, of the same sequence of bedrock layers, found within 20 miles of each other. The rock layers have not been overturned. A B C

Which surface bedrock is youngest in age?

• Siltstone

• dolostone

• limestone

• sandstone

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Infiltration is generally greater than runoff where the land has a

• gentle slope and permeable soil

• gentle slope and impermeable bedrock

• steep slope and permeable soil

• steep slope and impermeable bedrock

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As a quartz pebble is transported by a stream, the pebble will become more rounded as a result of

• dissolving as water is running over the rock

• abrasion by colliding with other rocks

• deposition in well-sorted layers

• resistance to weathering and erosion

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Most of the particles deposited where the stream velocity decreases from 50 centimeters per second to

5 centimeters per second are

• small cobbles and large pebbles

• small pebbles and large sand

• small sand and large silt

• small silt and large clay

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The Catskills are commonly called mountains, but are actually part of the Allegheny Plateau. The Catskills are classified as a plateau because of their

• low elevation

• bedrock structure

• bedrock age

• high degree of metamorphism