Exam 13: Weathering, Karst Landscapes, and Mass Movement

Frost wedging is an example of ____weathering processes.

In polar and alpine regions,thawing and saturation of the upper layer of soil,resulting in a slow downslope movement called

Which of the following is not exogenic in nature?

Landscape formation is a balancing act between tectonic uplift and denudation.This figure depicts which of the following?

A slope is_____ if its strength exceed denudation processes and _____if its materials are weaker than denudation processes.

The consolidated or unconsolidated materials from which soils develop is known as

Landscape formation is a balancing act between tectonic uplift and denudation.This figure depicts which of the following?

Describe the factors influencing the weathering process.

The principle that landscape formation is balance between endogenic and exogenic processes is called

The fact that water expands as much as 9% of its volume as it freezes is the basis of

_____may form at the bottom of cockpits and may even be an important cause of cockpit karst topography.

Hydrolysis involves

Describe the processes of denudation.

Briefly describe physical weathering,providing examples of several physical weathering processes.

A____ is a mixture of water and loosely consolidated sediment,such as gravels,boulders,and coarse rock fragments,moving downslope.

A slow persistent mass movement of surface soil is called

Plants are important to the development of karst primarily because

The photograph is an example of a

Which of the following is not a class of mass movement?

Flows involve