PHY 2253: Surface Processes Reading Worksheet
How Well Have You Read the Chapter? Use this worksheet as a guide in your reading of the chapter on Chapter 23 Surface
Processes. If you use this worksheet correctly, it will also serve as a nice study guide for this chapter. Complete the “Answer” column
using words and phrases from your textbook. In the column labeled “page number”, enter the page Shipman text where the answer
to the item is first found. For each True/False question, I suggest you also explain the reasoning in the answer column, so that when
you look back on this to study, you remember why you chose ‘true’ or ‘false’.
STATEMENT
The process of leveling of the Earth by the wearing
away of high places and the transportation of
sediments to, and their deposition at, lower levels
is called ______________.
Subsurface soil that remains permanently frozen is
called ______________.
The most important climatic factors that affect the
rate of chemical weathering are heat and
______________.
A depression on the land surface caused by the
collapse of a cavern is called a(n)______________.
Geologists define a(n) ______________ as any
flow of water occurring between well-defined
banks.
A stream's load is divided into three components:
dissolved load, suspended load, and
______________ load.
A loop-like bend in a river channel is called a(n)
______________.
A river's suspended load and bed load may
accumulate at its mouth and form a(n)
______________.
A large ice mass that flows on a land surface under
the influence of gravity is called a(n)
______________.
At the end and along the sides of a glacier, the
sediment deposits may form ridges known as
______________.
A(n) ______________ glacier is one in which a
valley floor is covered with glacial ice
Regions on Earth that have the driest climates are
known as ______________.
The downslope movement of soil and rock under
the influence of gravity is known, in general, as
______________.
The slow, particle-by-particle movement of
weathered debris down a slope is called
______________.
ANSWER
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PHY 2253: Surface Processes Reading Worksheet
Water that soaks into the soil and collects in the
subsurface is called ______________.
The percentage volume of unoccupied space in a
material is called the material's ______________.
The measure of a material's capacity to transmit
fluids is called the material's ______________.
The upper boundary of the zone of saturation is
called the ______________.
A large body of permeable rock or soil through
which groundwater moves is called a(n)
______________.
Earth's largest ocean is the ______________
Ocean.
Earth's second largest ocean is the
______________ Ocean.
Earth's third largest ocean is the ______________
Ocean.
The three major types of seawater movement are
waves, currents, and ______________.
Seawater movement that arises from incoming
ocean waves that break at an angle to the shore is
called a(n) ______________ current.
An isolated, submarine, volcanic peak on the ocean
floor is called, in general, a(n) ______________.
A large, flat, sediment-covered area on the ocean
floor is called a(n) ______________.
The shallowly submerged areas that border the
continental landmasses are called the
______________.
The leveling of the Earth's surface is known as
______________.
The true edges of the continental landmasses are
called the ______________.
Frost wedging is a common type of
______________ weathering.
______________ water has a high content of
calcium, magnesium, and iron salts.
Collapsed cavern ceilings can cause
______________ to appear on the land's surface.
Carbonic acid is the main agent of
______________ weathering.