Glencoe Physical Science with Earth Science

Chapter 21: Earth’s Changing Surface

Earth's Changing Surface

1
What are the two types of weathering?
A)wind and water
B)chemical and physical
C)physical and ice
D)chemical and water
2
Contour ploughing is an effective method of what?
A)soil conservation
B)fertilization
C)human-caused erosion
D)weathering
3
Which is a mixture of weathered rock, organic matter, water, and air?
A)feldspar
B)parent material
C)rock rust
D)soil
4
Which of the following is NOT a typical texture component in the upper soil horizons?
A)sand
B)gravel
C)silt
D)clay
5
The red color of hematite is caused by what process?
A)respiration
B)oxidation
C)reduction
D)weathering
6
What is the shape of a valley that is cut by a young stream?
A)U-shaped valleys
B)V-shaped valleys.
C)J-shaped valleys
D)canyons
7
This part of a river is characterized by a fan-shaped sediment deposit.
A)tributary
B)flood plain
C)delta
D)esker
8
What process moves sediment along a coast line?
A)longshore current
B)waves
C)tides
D)rivers
9
Which forms at the front of a glacier?
A)ground moraine
B)lateral moraine
C)end moraine
D)medial moraine
10
Which develops as the force within a stream is exerted sideways?
A)mouth
B)source
C)delta
D)floodplain
11
What is the process called as water seeps into the ground?
A)recharge
B)replenishment
C)porosity
D)infiltration
12
Select the material that slows or stops movement of groundwater.
A)aquifer
B)water table
C)aquitard
D)saturated zone
13
A rock unit that can transmit water through its pore space is called a(n) _______.
A)water table
B)aquifer
C)aquitard
D)saturated zone
14
What is the name of the process by which water moves from the atmosphere to the surface of the earth and as ground water?
A)permeability
B)Porosity
C)water cycle
D)infiltration
15
What are some factors affecting groundwater resources?
A)desertification
B)pollution
C)aquitards
D)erosion
16
This rule states that the laws of nature operating in the past are the same today?
A)superposition
B)horizontality
C)unconformity
D)uniformitarianism
17
This law states that rock units start as layers.
A)faunal succession
B)cross cutting relationships
C)original horizontality
D)superposition
18
_______ is the process of assigning a precise numerical age to an organism, object, or event.
A)Absolute dating
B)Relative dating
C)Fossil dating
D)Unconformity dating
19
An event that folds rock units with the oldest rock in the middle produces what feature?
A)anticline
B)syncline
C)dome
D)valley
20
Fish were dominant during the ________ period.
A)Cenozoic
B)Devonian
C)Holocene
D)Phanerozoic
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