Weathering, Erosion, Soil, Climate&Landscapes

What happens when weathering and erosion work together?

• New Mountains are created
• The climate changes overnight
• Metal objects become rusty
• They change the Earth's surface

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The process of breaking up Earth's surface into sediment is called...

• sediment
• erosion
• weathering
• deposition 

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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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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 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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The map below shows a portion of the North Carolina coastline, including some of the Outer Banks. The Outer Banks is a string of narrow barrier islands consisting of well-sorted sand along the Atlantic Ocean coast.

Which agent of erosion is primarily responsible for the formation of these barrier islands?

• 1. wave action

• 1. landslides

• 1. streams

• 1. glacial ice

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The photograph below shows bedrock composed of sediments that have been deposited by wind.

This bedrock is most likely...

• 1. sandstone

• 1. limestone

• 1. hornfels

• 1. granite

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The block diagram below represents caves that developed in a region over time.

Which type of weathering was primarily responsible for the development of these caves?

• 1. physical weathering of sandstone

• 1. physical weathering of limestone

• 1. chemical weathering of sandstone

• 1. chemical weathering of limestone

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