1. Why is water a major agent of chemical
weathering?
A. Because water cools the surroundings when it
evaporates.
B. Because water dissolves many of the minerals
that
make up rocks.
C. Because water has a density of about 1
gm/cm3.
D. Because water has the highest specific heat of
all common Earth materials
2. Of the various types of mass
movements, which is
the slowest acting?
A. rock slides
B. debris flows
C. slump
D. creep
3. In which climate would the chemical
weathering of limestone occur most rapidly?
A. Cold and dry
B. Cold and humid
C. Warm and dry
D. Warm and humid
4. What is the primary force
responsible for most of the
transportation of rock material on
the surface of Earth?
A. gravity
B. wind
C. running water
D. glacial ice
5. How do glaciers erode the land?
A. Through plucking and abrasion.
B. Through wind and waves.
C. Through gravity and waves.
D. Through permeability and
porosity.
6. How does the mass movement
called slump occur?
A. An entire piece of rock and soil
breaks loose and
surges downhill.
B. A river carries away sediments.
C. The wind blows very hard.
D. Glaciers push the land forward.
7. What are two landforms created
through wind
deposition?
A. Glacial lakes and oxbow lakes
B. Sand dunes and loess deposits
C. Meanders and cutoffs
D. U-shaped valleys and V-shaped
valleys
8. Why are slides the most devastating
form of mass movements.
A. Because they happen on hills.
B. Because of the tremendous energy
they get from their high speeds.
C. Because people live near them.
D. Slides are not the most devastating
form of mass movements, creep is.
9. As the speed of a river increases, what
happens to the size of the sediment particles
that it can carry?
A. As speed increases, particle size increases.
B. As speed increases, particle size decreases.
C. As speed increases, there is no change in the
size of particles that are transported.
D. It is not possible to tell what happens to
particle size when the river speed increases.
10. Which of the following
materials would be most
likely to be carried by a slow
moving stream?
A. Pebbles
B. Cobbles
C. Sand
D. Clay
11. A delta is an example of
A. an erosion feature
B. a depositional feature
C. sandblasting
D. abrasion
12. The removal and transportation
of weathered rock sediments is
known as
A. weathering
B. erosion
C. deposition
D. plate tectonics
13. A beach, sandbar, and spit are
examples of
A. erosion by waves
B. deposition by waves
C. erosion by wind
D. deposition by glaciers
14. The breakdown of rocks at or
near the surface of the Earth is
known as
A. weathering
B. erosion
C. deposition
D. plate tectonics
15. What change will a pebble usually
undergo when it is transported a great
distance by streams?
(a) It will become jagged and its mass
will decrease.
(b) It will become jagged and its
volume will increase.
(c) It will become rounded and its
mass will increase.
(d) It will become rounded and its
volume will decrease.
16 Which type of rock was chemically
weathered
by acidic groundwater to produce the
cave and its features?
(a) siltstone (c) quartzite
(b) basalt
(d) limestone
17. The principal cause of the chemical
weathering of rocks on the Earth’s
surface is
(a) rock abrasion
(b) the heating and cooling of surface
rock
(c) mineral reactions with air and
water
(d) the expansion of water as it freezes
18. As water velocity
(speed)decreases, the amount of
sediment deposited
(a) increases
(b) decreases
(c) remains the same
19. The satellite photograph to the right shows
a geologic feature composed of silt, sand, and clay.
The geologic feature shown in the photograph was
primarily deposited by which agent of erosion?
(a) glaciers
(b) wind
(c) wave action
(d) running water
20. Soil is a mixture of all of the
following EXCEPT…….
a. weathered rock
b. organic material
c. erosion
d. air
21. ______ is a mixture ranging
from small particles to large
boulders.
A. sediment
B. till
C. deposition
D. outwash
22. Mechanical weathering can
result from the action of all of the
following EXCEPT……
a. burrowing animals
b. ice wedging
c. carbonic acid
d. plant roots
23. _______ is the result of sand
and gravel deposits left by rivers.
A. sediment
B. deposition
C. outwash
D. till
24. Gravity, Ice, wind, and water
are all agents of ____________.
A. runoff
B. erosion
C. weathering
D. abrasion
25. When materials containing iron
are exposed to water and oxygen,
_________ can occur.
A. wedging
B. ironization
C. weathering
D. oxidation
26. All of the following EXCEPT
_________ can weather rock.
A. animals
B. sunlight
C. plants
D. freezing and thawing
27. Landforms such as plateaus,
canyons, valleys, and cliffs are
formed because of what process?
A. weathering
B. erosion
C. deposition
D. both a and b
28. Landforms such as deltas and
beaches are formed because of
what process?
A. weathering
B. erosion
C. deposition
D. both a and b
29. Which of the following area would
experience the most erosion?
A. an area with high winds, significant rain,
hot summers, and freezing winters
B. an area with heavy rains, constant
temperatures, and gentle wind.
C. an area with constant heat, minimal rain,
and high winds.
D. all areas are subject to the same amount
of erosion.
30. Which human activity can help
prevent soil erosion?
a. planting crops
b. strip mining
c. deforestation
d. building highways
31. The factors that affect the rate
of weathering are……
a. microorganisms, plants, rainfall
b. weather, landforms, and rainfall
c. surface area, rock type, climate
d. texture, color, shape
32. Which of the following is an
example of erosion?
a. glaciers slowly moving pieces of rock
downward by gravity.
b. a river carrying sediment to a delta
c. sandstorms in the desert blowing
grains of sand
d. all of the above
33. When water or wind loses
energy and drops the moving
sediment, what process is
occurring?
A. weathering
B. erosion
C. deposition
D. none of the above
34. As a river enters a lake or
ocean, in which order will
sediments be deposited?
A. clay, silt, sand, pebbles
B. sand, pebbles, silt, cobbles
C. pebbles, boulders, sand, clay
D. pebbles, sand, silt, clay