Exam- Weathering, Mass Movement, and Soil Formation

Question 1

Rain is a weak acid causing this process

Answer 1

Carbonic acid

Question 2

When rocks are broken but unchanged

Answer 2

Mechanical

Question 3

Topsoil is also called

Answer 3

A Horizan

Question 4

What are freezing causes this process

Answer 4

Ice wedging

Question 5

The entire arrangement of soil layers

Answer 5

Soil profile

Question 6

When rocks peel off in horizontal layers

Answer 6

Exfoliation

Question 7

Organic material found in topsoil

Answer 7

Humus

Question 8

Very slow mass movement

Answer 8

CREEP

Question 9

Process which causes minerals in organics to move from A horizon to the B horizon

Answer 9

Leaching

Question 10

Four factors that determine the rate of weathering

Answer 10

Climate, rock type, surface area exposed, and topography

Question 11

List the ingredients in their average percentage is found in soil

Organic matter ___%
Mineral matter ____%
Water____%
Air___%

Answer 11

5
45
25
25

Question 12

Horizontal slats of rocks are peeling Off a mountaintop mechanical or chemical

Answer 12

Mechanical

Question 13

My car is very rusty

Answer 13

Chemical

Question 14

Granite is broken into a pile of Quartz Sand

Answer 14

Chemical

Question 15

Frost heaves

Answer 15

Mechanical

Question 16

Limestone caves form underground

Answer 16

Chemical

Question 17

Rapid mass movement includes

Answer 17

Landslides, mudslides, and Avalanche

Question 18

The rate at which water flows through soil

Answer 18

Permeability

Question 19

The ability of soil to restrict water flow

Answer 19

Porosity

Question 20

Living things can break rock apart like root wedging or Burrowing animas

Answer 20

Biological activity

Question 21

When rocks chemically changed into new material due to exposure to the atmosphere

Answer 21

Chemical weathering

Question 22

When oxygen combines with a material in changes it

Answer 22

Oxidation

Question 23

When water bond with material and changes it

Answer 23

Hydrolysis

Question 24

When carbon dioxide combines with water informs carbonic acid which eats away at rock

Answer 24

Carbonation