Chapter 2 - Weathering And Erosion

Question 0

What is the changing of rock called

Answer 0

Rock cycle

Question 1

Name the three categories of rocks

Answer 1

Sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic

Question 2

What is the process of breaking down rocks called?

Answer 2

Weathering

Question 3

What kind of weathering breaks rocks into smaller and smaller pieces?

Answer 3

Mechanical weathering

Question 4

What kind of weathering forms rocks into new substances?

Answer 4

Chemical weathering

Question 5

What are three examples of mechanical weathering?

Answer 5

Frost heaving, abrasion, hoodoo

Question 6

What is the word for the reaction of acids with minerals and the rocks?

Answer 6

Oxidation

Question 7

What acid is form one carbon dioxide dissolves in the water?

Answer 7

Carbonic acid

Question 8

What kind of acid is in acid rain?

Answer 8

Sulfuric acid

Question 9

What kind of rocks hang from the ceilings and look like stone icicles in a cave?

Answer 9

Stalactites

Question 10

What kind of rocks appear to grow up from the ground as a result of the dripping of dissolved calcite?

Answer 10

Stalagmites

Question 11

What are people who enjoy exploring caves called?

Answer 11

Spelunkers

Question 12

What is the loose material at the surface of the earth called?

Answer 12

Soil

Question 13

What are scientist who study soil called?

Answer 13

Pedologist

Question 14

What is the largest kind of particle?

Answer 14

Sand

Question 15

What is the smallest kind of particle?

Answer 15

Clay

Question 16

What is the third kind of particle it’s tiny yet larger than clay?

Answer 16

Silt

Question 17

What is the texture of the soil referring to?

Answer 17

How much of each particles are in the soil sample

Question 18

What is the name of the soil has an equal amount of all three particles?

Answer 18

Loam

Question 19

What is the name for the layers of soil?

Answer 19

Horizons

Question 20

List the layers of soil from top to bottom.

Answer 20

O Horizon, 
topsoil or A horizon, 
subsoils or B horizon, 
C horizon, 
bedrock or R horizon

Question 21

What are the small particles produced by weathering called?

Answer 21

Sediments

Question 22

What takes place when weathered material moves form one location to another?

Answer 22

Erosion

Question 23

What is the name for the factors often involved in the transportation of weathered material?

Answer 23

Agents of erosion

Question 24

What occurs when wind water or ice drops sediments and rocks in a new location?

Answer 24

Deposition

Question 25

What is it called when gravity is the primary force that moves rocks and sediments?

Answer 25

Mass movement

Question 26

Name five examples of mass movements.

Answer 26

Soil creep, earth flow, mudflow, rockslide, avalanche

Question 27

What is the sediment that a stream carries called?

Answer 27

Load

Question 28

What is the name of an area that commonly floods?

Answer 28

Floodplain

Question 29

What is an area of sediment at the mouth of the river called

Answer 29

Delta

Question 30

What is the name of the Mississippi Delta?

Answer 30

Bird foot delta

Question 31

What is the name of the process where wind blows picks up loose sentiment and carries it away?

Answer 31

Deflation

Question 32

What occurs when the wind blows small particles such as clay and silt

Answer 32

Dust storms

Question 33

Do sandstorms are dust storms tend to be closer to the ground?

Answer 33

Sandstorms

Question 34

What ice formations called?

Answer 34

Glaciers

Question 35

What is the process where a glacier can pull a huge piece of bed rock loose and carry it along?

Answer 35

Plucking

Question 36

What are rocks that have been grounded into fine powder.

Answer 36

Rock flour

Question 37

What are the piles formed from when the glacier melts called?

Answer 37

Moraines