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Test Description: Weathering and Erosion, soil and underground water

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1) Which of these substances plays the most important part in chemical weathering?

AFrost BIce CWater DWind

2) Which of the following is an example of chemical weathering?

AA rock broken down into chunks after being carried by rapidly flowing water BThe dissolving of limestone by acid rain CPulverized rock resulting from a landslide DSplits in a rock due to tree roots

3) The open space between rock or soil particles is called

Apore space Bdepletion area Ca crevasse Daeration space

4) The Grand Canyon was formed by which of the following?

Aa volcano Bearthquakes Chigh winds Drunning water

5) What causes the

AThe ground below the well acts as a vaccum sucking out the water. BAs water is drawn from the well, it takes time for the groundwater to restore the level. CGravity pulls down the water beneath the well. DThe weight of the atmosphere presses down on the groundwater in the well.

6) What occurs in the coastal providence of Virginia?

Atilting and folding Berosion and deposition Cfolding and faulting Dtilting and faulting

7) Building a house or a road on top of an area of karst topography could be dangerous. Why?

Aearthquakes Bhurricanes Csinkholes Dvolcanoes

8) Caves are craved from which type of rock?

Agranite Bconglomerate Csandstone Dlimestone

9) Soil is formed primarily by

Aerosion by running water Bweathering and biological activity Chuman activity Derosion by glaciers

10) Which condition would cause surface runoff to increase in a particular location?

ACovering a dirt road with pavement BReducing the slope of a steep hill CPlanting grasses and shrubs on a hillside DHaving a decrease in the annual rainfall

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