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Weathering Game 2
Test Description: Practice 2
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which climate has the most productive soil for raising crops?
A
Temperate Forest and Grassland
B
Tropical Rain Forest
C
Arctic
D
Desert
2) What is it called when you plow across the slope of hills?
A
contour plowing
B
crop rotation
C
no-till farming
D
terracing
3) Ice, wind, water, gravity, plants, and animals are all agents of
A
desertification
B
oxidation
C
differential weathering
D
mechanical weathering
4) If you drop a sugar cube into a glass of water, the sugar cube will dissolve after a few minutes. This process is an example of
A
infiltration
B
differential weathering
C
mechanical weathering
D
chemical weathering
5) The term for the arrangement of soil particles is
A
soil fertility
B
soil texture
C
soil structure
D
soil quality
6) If you increase the surface area of a rock, how will it affect the rate at which it weathers?
A
It will have no effect because surface area is not a factor in weathering.
B
It will have no effect because a rock does not have a surface area.
C
It will weather more quickly.
D
It will weather more slowly.
7) The removal of substances that can be dissolved from rock or layers of soil due to the passing of water is called
A
land degradation
B
infiltration
C
leaching
D
erosion
8) What is it called when wind blows sand and silt against exposed rock, eventually wearing away the rock’s surface?
A
chemical weathering
B
erosion
C
oxidation
D
abrasion
9) When oxygen in the air reacts with iron, the result is
A
abrasion
B
differential weathering
C
infiltration
D
oxidation
10) Mechanical weathering occurs at a greater rate in climates that are
A
warm and wet
B
cold and wet
C
hot and dry
D
cold and dry
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