TCSS Geology Unit Test 3 Study Guide
Name _______________________ Date ______
1. The shaded land areas marked by the arrows on the side of
the mountain were MOST LIKELY formed by ____.
(S6E5d,f)
2. Which process is most likely responsible for the removal of the
missing parts of cliff? (S6E5d, f)
3. Look at the diagram to the right. Use the following words to
identify letters A, B, and C: Erosion, Deposition, and Weathering
Explain the difference in the three.
4. Identify the agents that cause erosion. (S6E5d,f)
5. Explain how a river can cause more erosion than a lake. (S6E5d,f)
6. Identify human activities that can have an impact on erosion. (S6E5d,f)
7. Which erosional force causes landslides? Explain. (S6E5d,f)
8. Categorize the following events that shape the earth’s surface as either Slow Occurring or Suddenly
Occurring: landslides; earthquakes; sediments depositing; mountains forming; deltas forming (S6E5d,f)
9. Identify methods used to reduce erosion. (S6E5j)
10. Identify methods to conserve soil. (S6E5j)
TCSS Geology Unit Test 3 Study Guide
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11. What is the difference between chemical weathering and mechanical (physical) weathering? (S6E5d,f)
12. How fast weathering occurs depends on _______________. (S6E5f)
13. How does weathering and erosion affect the earth’s oceans? (S6E5f)
Use the diagram to the right to answer the following questions (S6E5h):
14. Soils consists of:
15. Why are the top layers of soil important?
16. Which layer of the soil profile from the diagram to the right would
be affected the most by weathering and erosion?
17. Arrange the layers of the soil from the diagram to the right in order
from most fertile to least fertile.
18. Identify the type of weathering described below and then identify each specific type as either
Dissolution, Hydrolysis or Oxidation (S6E5d)
Types of __________________ Weathering
Acid rain dissolves rock
Oxygen reacting with iron in rocks
Feldspar is dissolved by water to form Georgia’s red clay
19. What process is shown by the diagrams above? (S6E5f)
20. Which sequence of letters shows how the river has aged from youngest to oldest? (S6E5f)
TCSS Geology Unit Test 3 Study Guide
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Look at the Figures below to answer the following questions. (S6E5d)
Figure 2
Figure 3
Figure 1
Figure 4
Figure 5
Figure 6
21. Which figure(s) above illustrate erosion?
22. Which figure(s) above illustrate weathering?
23. Which figure(s) above illustrate mechanical (physical) weathering?
24. Which figure is frost wedging?
25. Which figure is caused by gravity?
26. Which figure is caused by the movement of glaciers?
TCSS Geology Unit Test 3 Study Guide
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The diagram to the above shows a community and its activities. Use the diagram to answer the
following questions.
27. Identify at least two human activities that have an effect on erosion in the community. Include
how the activity effects erosion. (S6E5i)
28. Based on the diagram, identify at least two ways in which the community could conserve its soil.
(S6E5j)
29. Identify at least two activities that hinder the conservation of water and air in the community
and describe their effects. (S6E5j; DOK 3)