ch 27 section 1-2

Question 1

the removal of surface material through the process of weathering

Answer 1

erosion

Question 2

The transportation of weathered materials

Answer 2

sediment transport

Question 3

The dropping of weathered materials

Answer 3

deposition

Question 4

The land that gathers water for a major river

Answer 4

drainage basin

Question 5

The movement of water parallel to the shore line

Answer 5

Long shore current

Question 6

The process that involves the physical of chemical breakdown of a material

Answer 6

weathering

Question 7

a mixture of weathered rock organic matter water and air

Answer 7

Soil

Question 8

what is weathering

Answer 8

The break down of materials on earths surface

Question 9

Do rocks weather at the same rate

Answer 9

NO, Location makes a difference

Question 10

what are the two main factors that determine how fast a rock will weather

Answer 10

heat humidity

Question 11

what are the two types of weathering

Answer 11

mechanical chemical

Question 12

what type of change happens with mechanical weathering

Answer 12

physical

Question 13

what type of change happens with chemical weathering

Answer 13

chemical changes

Question 14

what are the three specific types of mechanical weathering

Answer 14

frost wedging, biological activity, collisions

Question 15

what causes frost wedging

Answer 15

water collects in a crack and then freezes

Question 16

what is the cycle called during frost wedging

Answer 16

freeze thaw cycles

Question 17

what causes biological activity

Answer 17

a plant grows and the roots break the rock

an animal might burrow and crack rocks

Question 18

what causes weathering during collisions

Answer 18

when rocks fall off cliffs

Question 19

what is parent material

Answer 19

material soil forms from

Question 20

what are soil horizons

Answer 20

different layers of soil

Question 21

how many soil horizons are there

Answer 21

6

Question 22

True false all soils contain every soil horizon

Answer 22

false

Question 23

what are the specific soil horizons

Answer 23

O, A, E, B, C, R,

Question 24

what does the first soil horizon contain

Answer 24

Organic material

Question 25

what is the second horizon made up of mostly

Answer 25

mostly minerals

Question 26

which layer does leaching occur

Answer 26

E

Question 27

which horizon collects material from previous horizons

Answer 27

B

Question 28

which layer is partially weathered bedrock

Answer 28

C

Question 29

which layer is unweathered bedrock

Answer 29

C

Question 30

which soil horizons make up the topsoil

Answer 30

O and A

Question 31

which soil horizons make up subsoil

Answer 31

E and B

Question 32

what horizons make the true soil

Answer 32

O, a, e , b

Question 33

The process that involves the physical or chemical breakdown of materials on earths surface

Answer 33

weathering

Question 34

The removal of surface material through the process of weathering

Answer 34

erosion

Question 35

what are small streams that flow into large rivers

Answer 35

tributaries

Question 36

land area that gathers water for major river is a

Answer 36

drainage basin

Question 37

a boundary that separates distinct drainage basins is called

Answer 37

drainage divide

Question 38

As water flows downhill under the influence of gravity, water erodes earths surface creating

Answer 38

channels

Question 39

what shape are young rivers due to fast movement

Answer 39

v-shaped

Question 40

rivers that are wide and gentle slopes and smooth

Answer 40

mature rivers

Question 41

when rivers flood and drop their load what is that land form called

Answer 41

flood plains

Question 42

fan shaped deposit at the mouth of a river

Answer 42

delta

Question 43

form where the mouth of a river enters dry land

Answer 43

alluvial fans

Question 44

what are the types of glaciers

Answer 44

continental | valley

Question 45

where can each be found glacier be found

Answer 45

continental large land areas | valley high mountainous regions

Question 46

where can continental glaciers be found

Answer 46

Greenland and Antartica

Question 47

what is a cirque

Answer 47

bowl shaped basins

Question 48

what is an Arete

Answer 48

form where two adjacent valley glaciers meet and erode a long sharp ridge line

Question 49

what is a horn

Answer 49

sharpened peaks

Question 50

what is a tributary glacier

Answer 50

small glaciers that feed into other glaciers

Question 51

what side does erosion occur on a dune

Answer 51

windward

Question 52

what side does deposition occur on a dune

Answer 52

leeward

Question 53

removal of small particles by wind leaving heavy particles

Answer 53

deflationo

Question 54

when small particles are removed what are the remaining particles

Answer 54

desert pavement

Question 55

what does the shape and sizes of land forms depend on due to wind

Answer 55

wind speed amount of time the wind blows sediment supply

Question 56

what are the three land forms created by wave erosion

Answer 56

sea arches sea stacks and coastal cliffs

Question 57

wave deposition example

Answer 57

sandbars | sand spits

Question 58

landforms that are parallel to the shore line

Answer 58

sand bars

Question 59

what is a sand spit

Answer 59

sandbars that curve out then back in