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WorksheetsWeathering/Erosion/Soil
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 17mins
What Soil Horizon is highlighted in RED?
Weathered Rock
Bedrock
Topsoil
Subsoil
Humus
What soil layer is highlighted in RED?
Topsoil
Bedrock
Subsoil
Humus
Weathered Rock
What soil layer is highlighted in RED?
Subsoil
Topsoil
Weathered Rock
Humus
Bedrock
What soil layer is highlighted in RED?
Subsoil
Topsoil
Humus
Bedrock
Weathered Rock
What soil layer is highlighted in RED?
Bedrock
Topsoil
Weathered Rock
Subsoil
Humus
Which Soil Horizon is "A"?
Subsoil
Topsoil
Humus
Weathered Rock
Bedrock
Which Soil Horizon is "B"?
Subsoil
Topsoil
Humus
Weathered Rock
Bedrock
Which Soil Horizon is "C"?
Topsoil
Humus
Subsoil
Weathered Rock
Bedrock
Which Soil Horizon is "D"?
Topsoil
Subsoil
Humus
Weathered Rock
Bedrock
Which Soil Horizon is "O"?
Topsoil
Subsoil
Humus
Bedrock
Weathered Rock
When organic material decays, it becomes what?
Subsoil
Topsoil
Humus
Weathered Rock
Which layer contain most of the Fungi, Worms and Organic matter?
W
X
Y
Z
Which Soil has the most organic matter (Humus)?
X because it is smoother
X because it is darker
Y because it has minerals
Y because it has more rock particles
How do Worms help the soil?
They help with Chemical weathering.
They break up rocks into sediment.
They absorb water from soil.
They eat decaying matter and break it up.
Which describes Soil Horizon "O"?
This layer is made of decomposing materials.
This layer is made of weathered rocks.
This light layer contain no humus.
Which describes Soil Horizon "A"?
This dark layer has minerals and humus.
This dark layer has no humus.
This lighter layer is made of clay.
Which Soil Horizon is "B"?
This light layer has minerals, clay and some humus.
This light layer has only weathered rock.
This dark layer has lots of humus.
Which Soil Horizon is "C"?
This light layer has minerals and humus.
This light layer contains no humus.
This dark layer contains organic material.
What is the movement of sediment to a new location?
Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
What is the breaking down of rock into sediment?
Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
What is the dropping of sediment?
Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
What process is happening in this picture?
Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
Sedimentation
What process is happening in this picture?
Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
What process formed this Delta?
Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
Which mountains are younger?
Rockies because they have sharper peaks.
Rockies because their layers are more exposed.
Rockies because they are in cooler climate.
Appalachians because they have rounded tops.
What would cause this boulder to get smaller over time?
Its weight would compress it.
The sun's heat would evaporate water from it.
Rock particles will cement into smaller layers.
Wind and water will weather its surface.
What process would destroy this sandcastle?
Weathering by wind
Weathering by water
Erosion by wind
Erosion by water
What is the physical or mechanical breaking down of rocks into sediment?
Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
Soil Horizon
What is happening in picture "X"?
Graph shows sediment being moved through erosion.
Graph shows rocks being broken down through deposition.
Graph shows sediment being moved through weathering.
Graph shows rock being broken down through weathering.
What is happening in picture "Y"?
Graph shows rocks being broken down through deposition.
Graph shows sediment being moved through weathering.
Graph shows rock being broken down through sedimentation.
Graph shows rock being moved through erosion.
What process formed Imnaha Canyon?
Evaporation of the river over a few years
Movement of ice downhill to the ocean
Moving water over millions of years
Subduction of plate boundaries
What will eventually happen to this rock?
Rock will absorb oxygen from plant and break.
Plant roots will weather and break the rock.
Plant roots will erode the rock.
Rock will absorb minerals from the plant.
As water hits this coastal cliff, what will it eventually look like?
What geographical feature is shown in this picture?
a Trench
an Island
a Delta
a Beach
