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Earth Systems Formative over Weathering, Erosion
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. What type of weathering will cause features in caves?
a. exfoliation
c. abrasion
b. carbonation
d. oxidation
2. The rounding of rock due to collision with other rocks is called:
a. abrasion
c. gullying
b. exfoliation
d. creep
3. Plants can act as what kind of weathering agent?
a. Mechanical
c. Mechanical and Chemical
b. Chemical
d. Neither Mechanical nor Chemical
4. Why do monuments, such as Cleopatra’s needle, become quickly in places such as New York City?
a. acid rain
c. high winds
b. cold
d. humidity
5. Fractures and joints allow weathering to occur more rapidly by increasing a rock’s
a. acidity
c. chemical bonds
b. pressure zones
d. surface area
6. What is the process of weathering, when water penetrates rock and then freezes?
a. Abrasion
c. Fault fracturing
b. Ice Wedging
d. Exfoliation
7. Desert soil is made up mostly of what?
a. Regolith
c. Bedrock
b. Humus
d. Laterites
8. What is a thick material in soil, that is produced by the decaying remains of plants and animals?
a. Regolith
c. Laterites
b. Humus
d. Bed soil
9. Where is the bedrock in this diagram?
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B
c. C
d. D
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10. In this diagram, what does feature “C” represent?
butte
c. mesa
monadnock
d. peneplain
11. Which of the following is a type of mechanical weathering?
a. Oxidation
c. Carbonation
b. Hydrolysis
d. Ice wedging
12. Which of the following is a type of accelerated erosion?
a. leaching
c. gullying
b. terracing
d. wedging
13. What is the name for the landform that is created when a plateau is dissected into smaller table like
areas?
a. butte
c. peneplain
b. mesa
d. bluff
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b.
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Earth Systems Formative over Weathering, Erosion
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