Earth Science Quiz On Weathering And Erosion! Trivia
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- 1.What are the four agents of erosion?
- A.
Gravity, soil, landslides, water
- B.
Wind, water, landslides, air
- C.
Gravity, glaciers, wind, water
- D.
Glaciers, gravity, air, soil
- 2.How do some farming and ranching practices increase soil erosion?
- A.
By clearing plants.
- B.
By allowing water to go on the land.
- C.
By letting the land die and buring the crops.
- D.
By clearing plants or allowing animals to overgraze destroys this groundcover.
- E.
By removing all the horizons in the soil and letting bedrocks form.
- 3.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 4.What are five examples of mass movements?
- A.
Creeps, talus's, avalanche, streams, mudflow.
- B.
Avalanche, mudflow, landslide, dune.
- C.
Gullying, creep, talus, landslide, earthquake.
- D.
Avalanche, mudflow, creep, landslide, slump.
- 5.Definition of creep.
- A.
Very, very slow down slope movement of rocks. (no water needed)
- B.
Very, very slow down slope movement of soil. (water in soil adds to it)
- C.
Very, very slow down hill movement of rocks. (no water needed)
- D.
Very, very slow dow hill movement of soil. (water in soil adds to it)
- 6.Three examples of wind erosion.
- A.
Sand storms, deflaton, abrasion
- B.
Abrasion, erosion, dunes
- C.
Dunes, deflation, abrasion
- 7.What are the factors that determine soil makeup?
- A.
Climate, parent rock, topography, time and vegetation.
- B.
Parent rock, climate, topography, time and humus.
- C.
Vegetation, parent rock, time, age of soil, pedocals.
- 8.Soil made from local bedrock.
- A.
Tropical soil.
- B.
Arctic soil.
- C.
Residual soil.
- 9.Found in the eastern half of the U.S. where amount of rainfall exceeds 25 inches a year, a lot of vegetation and acidic soil.
- A.
Pedocal
- B.
Desert areas
- C.
Pedalfers
- D.
Weathered soil
- 10.Soil that was moved by wind or glacier.
- A.
Residual soil
- B.
Tropical soil
- C.
Transport soil
- 11.Rock is split or broken into smaller material without changing its composition.
- A.
Oxidation
- B.
Surface area
- C.
Weathering
- D.
Mechanical weathering
- E.
Chemical weathering
- 12.The breakdown of rock due to exposure to the atmosphere, weather, plants, and animals.
- A.
Mechanical weathering
- B.
Chemical weathering
- C.
Expansion/contraction
- D.
Oxidation
- E.
Weathering
- 13.Topsoil, gray or black, has humus.
- A.
"A (horizon)"
- B.
"B (horizon)"
- C.
"C (horizon)"
- 14.Found in western half of U.S. where rainfall is less than 25 inches a year, basic soil.
- A.
Pedocal
- B.
Pedalfers
- C.
Mature soil
- 15.Rock fragments and slightly weathered bedrock..you keep digging here, you'll eventually hit soil rock.
- A.
"A (horizon)"
- B.
"B (horizon)"
- C.
"C (horizon)"
- 16.Once the plants die that are on top of the horizon, the nutrients make
- A.
"A (horizon)"
- B.
"B (horizon)"
- C.
"C (horizon)
- 17.This horizon is formed from the leaching of horizon A.
- A.
No horizon is made
- B.
"B (horizon)"
- C.
"C (horizon)"
- 18.Zone of soil are called
- A.
Horizons
- B.
Profiles
- C.
Young soil
- 19.The entire arrangement of horizons are called
- A.
Dunes
- B.
Young soil
- C.
Profiles
- 20.Subsoil, more clay is washed down.
- A.
"A (horizon)"
- B.
"B (horizon)"
- C.
"C (horizon)"
- 21.Most important factor affecting soil is
- A.
Climate
- B.
Topography
- C.
Time
- 22.High elevation and latitude, very few layers, shallow..permafrost.
- A.
Tropical soil
- B.
Temperate soil
- C.
Arctic soil
- 23.Removal of loose particles by wind--most important effect by wind.
- A.
Abrasion
- B.
Deflation
- C.
Dunes
- 24.Wearing down of particles.
- A.
Abrasion
- B.
Delfation
- C.
Dunes
- 25.Warm and wet, speed up chemical weathering.
- A.
Arctic soil
- B.
Tropical soil
- C.
Temperate soil
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