5th-6th Grade Ch. 2 Review: Weathering And Erosion, Part 1 Question Preview (ID: 39141)
Chapter 2- Weathering And Erosion Review, Part 1.
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If a bronze statue with marble base starts to dissolve and discolor, what could be a likely cause of this?
a) a mudslide
b) acid rain
c) mechanical weathering
d) soil creeping
___ changes rock into new substances.
a) Mechanical weathering
b) Chemical weathering
c) Exfoliation
d) Frost action
Unweathered rock that influences the soil around it is called _____.
a) loam
b) topsoil
c) bedrock
d) subsoil
A fertile soil that has equal parts of sand and silt combined with about half as much clay is called ___.
a) loam
b) humus
c) subsoil
d) horizons
A ____ forms when unmelted snow gets compacted down into ice.
a) load
b) delta
c) morain
d) glacier
The process of breaking down rocks is called ____.
a) exfoliation
b) weathering
c) erosion
d) frost wedging
What is the amount of each kind of particle in a soil sample called?
a) sediment
b) horizons
c) texture
d) sand
What is decayed organic material found in soil?
a) humus
b) sand
c) horizons
d) sediment
What are the smallest particles of weathered rocks and minerals called?
a) humus
b) horizons
c) sand
d) sediment
What is the largest kind of particle in soil?
a) clay
b) silt
c) dirt
d) sand
What are layers of soil called?
a) humus
b) horizons
c) texture
d) sand
What is a pile of rocks and soil deposited by a glacier?
a) moraine
b) load
c) deposition
d) delta
What is the dropping of sediment and rock in a new location called?
a) deflation
b) moraine
c) deposition
d) delta
What is an area of sediment deposited at the mount of a river?
a) morain
b) load
c) deposition
d) delta
What is the process of wind picking up loose sediment and carrying it away?
a) deflation
b) moraine
c) load
d) deposition
What is the sediment that a stream carries called?
a) deflation
b) moraine
c) load
d) depositon
What causes depositions to have a layered look?
a) The sediment settling according to its weight.
b) The sediment settling according to its color.
c) The sediment settling according to its size.
d) The sediment settling according to its favorite animal.
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