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Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What compound causes most chemical weathering?
a)
Water
b)
Air
c)
Soil
d)
Granite
2.
What is the name for the solid rock layer beneath soil?
a)
Granite
b)
Crust
c)
Humus
d)
Bedrock
3.
What is a term that describes the decayed remains of organisms in soil?
a)
Humus
b)
Regolith
c)
Lithosphere
d)
Loam
4.
What is weathering?
a)
The chance of precipitation on any given day
b)
The breaking down and changing of rocks at the Earth’s surface
c)
The combination of precipitation and temperature in an area
d)
The long term climate in a geographic region
5.
How does long-term irrigation affect soil?
a)
Turns it into clay
b)
Removes the nutrients from the soil
c)
Increases the amount of salts in the soil
d)
Increases the depth of the soil
6.
What is frost wedging?
a)
The permanently frozen layer of soil in the tundra
b)
Large chucks of ice falling off into the ocean
c)
The term for how glaciers travel in valleys
d)
The process that wears rocks by the repeated freezing and melting of water.
7.
Frost wedging is an example of what type of weathering?
a)
Mechanical
b)
Chemical
c)
Technical
d)
Experimental
8.
What is the correct order of soil particles from largest (coarse) to smallest (fine)?
a)
Sand-Silt-Clay
b)
Sand-Clay-Silt
c)
Silt-Clay-Sand
d)
Clay-Silt-Sand
9.
What type of climate would you find laterite soil?
a)
Cold, wet
b)
Hot, dry
c)
Hot, wet
d)
Cold, dry
10.
Which soil would have the same composition as the parent bedrock?
a)
Residual
b)
Transported
c)
Gradual
d)
Transpirated
11.
What type of mass wasting describes the force of gravity pulling rocks down a cliff?
a)
Mudslide
b)
Slump
c)
Rockfall
d)
Creep
12.
Air pollution can cause acid rain. When acid rain falls in an area, what type of weathering will act on the rocks?
a)
Mechanical
b)
Chemical
c)
Technical
d)
Experimental
13.
What does the term “organic” mean?
a)
Mineral matter in soil
b)
Matter that comes from once living organisms
c)
Parent material in the soil
d)
Loam
14.
What are the largest particles in soil?
a)
Clay
b)
Silt
c)
Regolith
d)
Sand
15.
When rocks weather and break down, what do they form?
a)
Plaques
b)
Humus
c)
Loam
d)
Regolith
16.
Which of the following is an example of mechanical weathering?
a)
Exfoliation
b)
Spheriodal
c)
Differential
d)
Oxidation
17.
What parts of the US would cities be more likely to have potholes caused by frost wedging?
a)
Southeast
b)
Southwest
c)
Northwest
d)
South-central
18.
Which of the following are exfoliated domes?
a)
Half Dome
b)
Liberty Cap
c)
Stone Mountain
d)
All of the above
19.
Which of the following is known to cause erosion?
a)
Water
b)
Pressure
c)
Heat
d)
Inertia
20.
What is a damaging weather process that is common in the southeastern United States?
a)
Frost Wedging
b)
Mudslides
c)
Acid Rain/Chemical weathering
d)
Volcanic eruptions
21.
Is the soil in a tropical rainforest fertile? Why or why not?
a)
No, because they contain little organic matter and few nutrients
b)
No, because the climate is too hot
c)
Yes, because it gets a lot of rain
d)
Yes, because they can grow a variety of agricultural crops
22.
What is talus?
a)
The organic layer in soil
b)
The parent material of soil
c)
The sediment collected at the case of a river
d)
Large piles of rock created by frost wedging
23.
What acid forms when Carbon Dioxide mixes with water?
a)
Hydrochloric Acid
b)
Carbonic Acid
c)
Citric Acid
d)
Peroxide Acid
24.
What is the process that occurs when water enters the joints in a rock and weathers the corners and edges more rapidly?
a)
Spheriodal Weathering
b)
Frost Wedging
c)
Mechanical Weathering
d)
Granital Weathering
25.
What is a vertical section through all of the soil horizons?
a)
Soil Horizon
b)
Soil Verizon
c)
Soil Profile
d)
Pedocal
26.
What form of mass wasting could tilt a telephone pole on a slope over a long period of time?
a)
Slump
b)
Mudslide
c)
Rockfall
d)
Creep
27.
What areas would have more erosion than others?
a)
Hot, dry, with flat land
b)
Cold, dry, with flat land
c)
Hot, wet, with sloped land
d)
Hot, wet, with flat land
28.
Which of the following is a type of chemical weathering?
a)
Spheriodal Weathering
b)
Exfoliation
c)
Frost Wedging
d)
Creep
29.
Which of the following affect the rate at which rock weathers?
a)
Rock Characteristics
b)
Temperature
c)
Precipitation
d)
All of the above
30.
What type of soil forms in high temperatures and heavy rainfalls?
a)
Pedalfer
b)
Pedocal
c)
Laterite
d)
None of the above
31.
Which of the following mass movements could occur after a heavy rainfall?
a)
Creep
b)
Slump
c)
Mudflow
d)
Rockfall
32.
The volume of open spaces in rock or soil.
a)
Zone of Saturation
b)
Permeability
c)
Porosity
d)
Transpiration
33.
A measure of a material’s ability to transmit fluids.
a)
Porosity
b)
Zone of Saturation
c)
Permeability
d)
Transpiration
34.
Zone where all open spaces in sediment and rock are completely filled with water.
a)
Transpiration
b)
Water Table
c)
Porosity
d)
Zone of Saturation
35.
The upper level of the saturated zone of groundwater.
a)
Permeability
b)
Water Table
c)
Porosity
d)
Zone of Saturation
36.
The process by which plants release water into the atmosphere.
a)
Porosity
b)
Zone of Saturation
c)
Transpiration
d)
Permeability
37.
What correctly describes the layer labeled "A"?
a)
Unweathered Parent Material
b)
Mineral matter mixed with some humus
c)
Accumulation of clay transported from above
d)
Partially altered parent material
38.
What correctly describes the layer labeled "C"?
a)
Unweathered Parent Material
b)
Mineral matter mixed with some humus
c)
Accumulation of clay transported from above
d)
Partially altered parent material
39.
What correctly describes the layer labeled "D"?
a)
Unweathered Parent Material
b)
Mineral matter mixed with some humus
c)
Accumulation of clay transported from above
d)
Partially altered parent material
40.
What correctly describes the layer labeled "E"?
a)
Unweathered Parent Material
b)
Mineral matter mixed with some humus
c)
Accumulation of clay transported from above
d)
Partially altered parent material
41.
A given soil profile is 12cm thick. If it took 150 to 300 years to make each cm of soil, then how long would it have taken to form this soil?
a)
180-360 years
b)
1500-3000 years
c)
1800-3600 years
d)
150-300 years
42.
Where is the majority of freshwater located?
a)
Glaciers
b)
Groundwater
c)
Lakes
d)
Oceans
43.
What is the source of energy for the water cycle?
a)
Wind
b)
Currents
c)
Inner Core
d)
Sun
44.
What percent of the Earth’ water is usable fresh water?
a)
2.8%
b)
10.2%
c)
97.2%
d)
75.8%
45.
Which of the following are processes involved in the water cycle?
a)
Transportation
b)
Precipitation
c)
Locomotion
d)
Concentration
46.
What weather condition may cause a water table to rise?
a)
Flood
b)
Drought
c)
Famine
d)
Tornado
47.
Which type if glacial flow is caused by gravity causing the entire ice mass to slip and slide downhill along the ground?
a)
Glacier Budget
b)
Plastic Flow
c)
Earth Flow
d)
Basal Slip
48.
Which of the following is a location where ice sheets would be found?
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
Antarctica
d)
Australia
49.
What is the term to describe material deposited directly by a glacier?
a)
Aretes
b)
Cirques
c)
Stratified drift
d)
Till
50.
What situation would cause a moraine?
a)
Glacier melting
b)
Glacier flowing
c)
Glacier freezing
d)
Glacier growing
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