Deck 20: Shaping Earths Surface

Question 1

Which sequence of processes occurs in the correct order?

A)weathering, erosion, transportation
B)erosion, weathering, transportation
C)erosion, transportation, weathering
D)These processes can occur in any order.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Exfoliation of granite in the Sierra is an example of chemical weathering.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Which of the following soil components is not likely to be the result of mechanical weathering?

A)quartz sand
B)clay minerals
C)silt
D)humus

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Soils formed in cold, dry climates have shallow topsoil with less humus.

Question 5

Which of the following materials is least susceptible to chemical weathering?

A)limestone
B)halite
C)quartz
D)feldspar

Question 6

The red soils of Oklahoma and Georgia are due to the presence of

A)feldspars.
B)iron oxides.
C)carbonates.
D)loam.

Question 7

Weathering involves the

A)picking up of rock fragments.
B)movement of rock fragments.
C)mechanical and chemical breakup of rocks.
D)formation of rocks by the action of weather.

Question 8

Steep, conical deposits of rock fragments at the base of a cliff or slope are called talus.

Question 9

Soil creep is a very slow landslide.

Question 10

Weathering is the process that must occur before erosion can take place.

Question 11

Old-age features such as floodplains and meanders gradually work their way down from the source to the mouth as a stream lowers the land.

Question 12

The limestone caves of Kentucky and New Mexico were formed by the chemical weathering of limestone by carbonation.

Question 13

Glaciers form when

A)the temperature remains below freezing.
B)snow accumulates to form ice, which begins to flow.
C)a summer climate does not occur.
D)a solid mass of snow moves downhill under the influence of gravity.

Question 14

In the deserts, the wind plays a greater role in shaping features than does water.

Question 15

When a stream flows into a body of water it often forms a

A)delta.
B)floodplain.
C)dune.
D)ventifact.

Question 16

Which of the following is an example of chemical weathering?

A)exfoliation
B)oxidation
C)disintegration
D)spalling

Question 17

The expansion of freezing water in a crack can cause the crack to widen.This is an example of

A)chemical weathering.
B)hydration.
C)mechanical weathering.
D)exfoliation.

Question 18

An easily crumbled soil with approximately equal amounts of sand, silt, and clay is called loam.

Question 19

A wind deposit that often makes productive farmland is

A)ventifacts.
B)moraine.
C)dune.
D)loess.

Question 20

Acid-rain is strictly a man-made phenomenon resulting from the heavy industrialization of the eastern United States.

Question 21

Ventifacts are

A)rocks picked up by the wind and transported to new locations.
B)wind-deposited mounds of ridges of sand.
C)areas where deflation has removed loose sediment from the surface.
D)rocks sculpted by wind abrasion.

Question 22

One would expect to find deep rich soil layer where the climate is

A)wet and warm.
B)dry and cold.
C)tropical.
D)arctic.

Question 23

A peneplain is

A)a section of a mature stream valley.
B)the remains of a melted glacier.
C)the sediment that is deposited at the mouth of a stream.
D)a nearly flat rolling plain produced by erosion.

Question 24

Carrying rock fragments to a new location is called

A)mechanical weathering.
B)chemical weathering.
C)erosion.
D)transportation.

Question 25

Dissolving a rock in acid is the equivalent of

A)mechanical weathering.
B)chemical weathering.
C)erosion.
D)transportation.

Question 26

Which of the following statements about a meandering stream is true?

A)Greater erosion occurs on the inside portion of the curve.
B)Meanders occur in youthful streams.
C)When meanders from two adjacent streams meet, an oxbow lake is formed.
D)Meanders result in the widening of a valley floor.

Question 27

Deposits of bulldozed rocks that remain after a glacier melts are called

A)cirques.
B)moraines.
C)deltas.
D)laterites.

Question 28

A peneplain with monadnocks mean the landform development is in what stage?

A)early youth
B)rejuvenation
C)old age
D)maturity

Question 29

A stream in its youth exhibits which of the following sets of characteristics?

A)broad meanders and a wide floodplain
B)few rapids and waterfalls and a U-shaped valley
C)steep gradient and a V-shaped valley
D)low gradient and the presence of oxbow lakes

Question 30

Picking up small pieces of smashed rock is called

A)mechanical weathering.
B)chemical weathering.
C)erosion.
D)transportation.