Remediation for Unit 4 Test Part A Objective 2.1.1
1. Draw the rock cycle and label all 13 parts of it, no abbreviations.
2. Answer the following for chemical weathering:
a. What do you need more for chemical weathering, water or heat? Explain.
b. What happens to rocks and gravestones when chemical weathering happens? What
natural force is creating this effect?
c. Which biome would have the most chemical weathering? Why?
3. Answer the following for mechanical weathering”
a. What are the forces that can cause mechanical weathering?
b. What is the most common form of mechanical weathering?
c. Which biome would have the most mechanical weathering? Why?
4. Why are fossils only found in sedimentary rocks?
5. Why are igneous rocks found deeper in the crust than metamorphic rocks?
6. What are the two power sources for the rock cycle and every process on Earth?
7. Create the following list for the four erosional agents:
a. Strongest to weakest force
b. Carries the most to carries the least
c. Carries the largest to carries the smallest
Remediation for Unit 4 Test Part A Objective 2.1.3
1. What are the four components of soil?
2. How is soil formed? What are the three particles that make up more of soil in some proportion
that adds up to 100%?
3. Describe in three ways the perfect landscape to have thick soil in. Describe in three ways the
perfect landscape for thin soil.
4. Where would you rather grow crops, on the side of a mountain or the valley below the
mountain? WHY?
5. Give five examples of things that would be in humus.
6. Why does climate have the greatest effect on soil formation?
7. If the air were to disappear from the soil, what would happen to the animals and plants? (There
should be a different reaction for each)
8. Would it be better for agriculture to have a thicker A-horizon or a thicker B-horizon? Explain
your reasoning.
9. IF I had a thick C-horizon, would that benefit my crops? Explain.
10. As time passes, we get thicker soil. If this is true, why is soil all over the world not miles and
miles thick?