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Weathering And Erosion
Test Description: Semester 1
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Acid precipitation, animals, plants, and water are all agents of what?
A
Chemical weathering
B
Mechanical weathering
C
Deposition
D
Soil conservation
2) When sediments are transported from one location to another by water, wind, ice, gravity, etc.
A
Weathering
B
Erosion
C
Stratification
D
Deposition
3) In which layer of soil is most humus (organic material) found?
A
subsoil (second layer)
B
parent rock (second from the bottom)
C
topsoil (top layer)
D
bedrock (at the bottom)
4) What deposition environment is created when river water slows down and drops its load?
A
trench
B
marsh
C
delta
D
barrier island
5) What is the name for sediment that is eroded down a slope due to gravity?
A
mechanical weathering
B
chemical weathering
C
mass movement
D
differential weathering
6) Which technique would be the best to slow erosion?
A
collecting rainwater in barrels to be used later
B
digging holes in the field for the water to collect in
C
adding grass and trees to a hillside
D
removing forests and plants from a slope
7) Oxidation is a type of chemical weathering caused by oxygen. What is another name for oxidation?
A
rust
B
stratification
C
sea-floor spreading
D
glacier
8) Which is the best definition of soil?
A
weather rocks and minerals mixed with water and air
B
weathered minerals and eroded dirt
C
ice, weather rock, and fossils
D
water and air mixed with rocks
9) What part of the soil is created from decayed organisms and helps add nutrients to the soil?
A
subsoil
B
minerals
C
parent rock
D
humus
10) If you made a drawing of the soil horizons (layers) which layer would be least weathered and which would be the most weathered?
A
Least = bedrock; most = topsoil
B
Least = topsoil; most = bedrock
C
Least = subsoil; most = topsoil
D
Least = parent rock; most = topsoil
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