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1
What type of chemical weathering is enhanced by acid rain?
A)Dissolution
B)Hydrolysis
C)Oxidation
2
Which factor best supports the observation that water weathers some rocks faster than others?
A)Rock type
B)Rock properties
C)Climate
3
Which of the following rocks would physically weather most rapidly?
A)Rock A is in a high temperature, moist climate
B)Rock B is in a high temperature, dry climate
C)Rock C is in a low temperature, moist climate
D)Rock D is in a low temperature, dry climate
4
How are mass wasting events classified?
A)By water content of the material; by the slope steepness
B)By the type of material; by the way in which the material moves
C)By the mass of the material; by the number of homes
D)By the soil thickness; by the amount of human modifications
5
What process is the disintegration and decomposition of rock at or near the Earth's surface?
A)Weathering
B)Erosion
C)Lithification
6
What process is the disintegration of rock at or near the Earth's surface?
A)Physical weathering
B)Erosion
C)Chemical weathering
7
What process is the decomposition of rock at or near the Earth's surface?
A)Physical weathering
B)Erosion
C)Chemical weathering
8
Which of type of physical weathering occurs because of freeze-thaw cycles?
A)Unloading
B)Wedging
C)Mineral growth
D)Abrasion
9
Which of type of physical weathering involves the removal of overlying materials?
A)Unloading
B)Wedging
C)Mineral growth
D)Abrasion
10
What common product forms when feldspar reacts with water?
A)Sand
B)Clay
C)Silt
11
What chemical weathering process is responsible for forming caves?
A)Dissolution
B)Hydrolysis
C)Oxidation
12
How rapidly do soils form in the mid-west?
A)A few millimeters per decade
B)A few centimeters per decade
C)A few meters per decade
13
This heavily leached soil can become as hard as concrete.
A)Laterite
B)Caliche
C)Loam
14
What is the principal cause of soil erosion?
A)Wind
B)Running water
C)Activities of animals
15
Why does soil erosion occur?
A)Poor farming practices
B)Construction
C)Deforestation
D)All of these
16
When did the Dust Bowl occur and why?
A)1890's; water
B)1930's; water
C)1930's; wind
D)1890's; wind
17
You are asked to pick a rock to make your great Aunt Petunia's headstone. You have been asked to pick the most durable headstone available and cost is no issue. What rock would most likely make the most durable and chemically resistant headstone in a humid environment?
A)A quartz sandstone cemented with calcite
B)A limestone with many cracks filled with calcite
C)A granite with a very high percentage of quartz and no fractures
D)A marble with fine crystals of calcite
E)A shale cemented with calcite and iron.
18
Which of the following statements about soil on earth is not accurate?
A)It is often referred to incorrectly as "dirt"
B)It always has weathered rock fragments in it
C)It always has some organic material in it
D)It commonly has air and water in it
E)All of the above statements about soil are accurate.
19
Which area on the earth is likely to have the highest rates of weathering (both mechanical and chemical)?
A)the Arctic Tundra
B)the desert southwest of the United States
C)the Amazon rain forest in Brazil
D)Chicago, Illinois
E)the top of Mount Everest in Nepal





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