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Physical Science, 5/e
Bill Tillery, Arizona State University

Shaping Earth's Surface

Essay Quiz



1

Compare and contrast mechanical and chemical weathering.
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2

Granite is the most common rock found on continents. What are the end products after granite has been completely weathered? What happens to these weathering products?
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3

What other erosion processes are important as a stream of running water carves a valley in the mountains? Explain.
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4

Describe three ways in which a river erodes its channel.
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5

What is a floodplain?
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6

Describe the characteristic features associated with stream erosion as the stream valley passes through the stages of youth, maturity, and old age.
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7

What is a glacier? How does a glacier erode the land?
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8

What is rock flour and how is it produced?
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9

Could a stream erode the land lower than sea level? Explain.
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10

Explain why glacial erosion produces a U-shaped valley but stream erosion produces a V-shaped valley.
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11

Name and describe as many ways as you can think of that mechanical weathering occurs in nature. Do not restrict your thinking to those discussed in this chapter.
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12

What characteristics of a soil make it a good soil?
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13

What essential condition must be met before mass wasting can occur?
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14

Compare the features caused by stream erosion, wind erosion, and glacial erosion.
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15

Compare the materials deposited by streams, wind, and glaciers.
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16

Why do certain stone buildings tend to weather more rapidly in cities than they do in rural areas?
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17

Why would mechanical weathering speed up chemical weathering in a humid climate but not in a dry climate?
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18

Discuss all the reasons you can in favor of and in opposition to clearing away and burning tropical rainforests for agricultural purposes.
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