Question 1

________ is the most important factor in determining soil thickness.

Accepted Answer

A) Climate 
B) Composition 
C) Wetness 
D) Time 
A) Climate 
B) Composition 
C) Wetness 
D) Time

Question 2

Which area will tend to have the thickest soil?

Accepted Answer

A) mountains 
B) artic 
C) rain forest 
D) desert 
A) mountains 
B) artic 
C) rain forest 
D) desert

Question 3

What type of weathering are you likely to find occurring in areas with cold climates?

Accepted Answer

A) hydrolysis 
B) frost wedging 
C) oxidation 
D) dissolution 
A) hydrolysis 
B) frost wedging 
C) oxidation 
D) dissolution

Question 4

What type of weathering has happened to the rocks in the following picture?

Accepted Answer

A) hydrolysis 
B) hydration 
C) dissolution 
D) oxidation 
A) hydrolysis 
B) hydration 
C) dissolution 
D) oxidation

Question 5

Sediment does NOT contain ________.

Accepted Answer

A) fragments of shells 
B) fragments of rock 
C) cemented grains 
D) precipitated crystals 
A) fragments of shells 
B) fragments of rock 
C) cemented grains 
D) precipitated crystals

Question 6

What type of weathering is shown in the following picture?

Accepted Answer

A) salt wedging 
B) frost wedging 
C) oxidation 
D) hydration 
A) salt wedging 
B) frost wedging 
C) oxidation 
D) hydration

Question 7

List one factor that controls the thickness of soil and describe how the thickness is controlled.

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary but may include the fo

Question 8

Which of the following is a reason why wet soils tend to have more organic material than dry soils?

Accepted Answer

A) Physical weathering occurs more rapidly in wet areas than in dry areas. 
B) Plants and microbes need water to live so they can aid decomposition. 
C) Wet soils tend to be in areas with rocks that are easily weathered. 
D) Wet areas tend to be near mountains with large supplies of sediment. 
A) Physical weathering occurs more rapidly in wet areas than in dry areas. 
B) Plants and microbes need water to live so they can aid decomposition. 
C) Wet soils tend to be in areas with rocks that are easily weathered. 
D) Wet areas tend to be near mountains with large supplies of sediment.

Question 9

The Dust Bowl of the 1930s was created by what phenomenon?

Accepted Answer

A) increased rainfall 
B) lack of vegetation 
C) increased wind storms 
D) differential weathering 
A) increased rainfall 
B) lack of vegetation 
C) increased wind storms 
D) differential weathering

Question 10

Which soil horizon is the most important to farmers for planting crops?

Accepted Answer

A) C 
B) A 
C) E 
D) B 
A) C 
B) A 
C) E 
D) B

________ is the most important factor in determining soil thickness.

Which area will tend to have the thickest soil?

What type of weathering are you likely to find occurring in areas with cold climates?

What type of weathering has happened to the rocks in the following picture?

Sediment does NOT contain ________.

What type of weathering is shown in the following picture?

List one factor that controls the thickness of soil and describe how the thickness is controlled.

Which of the following is a reason why wet soils tend to have more organic material than dry soils?

The Dust Bowl of the 1930s was created by what phenomenon?

Which soil horizon is the most important to farmers for planting crops?

The Earth in Context

The Way the Earth Works: Plate Tectonics

Patterns in Nature: Minerals

Up From the Inferno: Magma and Igneous Rocks

The Wrath of Vulcan: Volcanic Eruptions

Pages of Earth S Past: Sedimentary Rocks

Metamorphism: A Process of Change

A Violent Pulse: Earthquakes

Crags, cracks, and Crumples: Crustal Deformation and Mountain Building

Deep Time: How Old Is Old

A Biography of Earth

Riches in Rock: Energy and Mineral Resources

Unsafe Ground: Landslides and Other Mass Movements

Streams and Floods: The Geology of Running Water

Restless Realm: Oceans and Coasts

A Hidden Reserve: Groundwater

Dry Regions: The Geology of Deserts

Amazing Ice: Glaciers and Ice Ages

Global Change in the Earth System

Interlude A: Rock Groups

Interlude C: The Rock Cycle

Interlude D: The Earth S Interior Revisited: Insights From Geophysics

Interlude E: Memories of Past Life: Fossils and Evolution

Interlude F: An Introduction to Landscapes and the Hydrologic Cycle

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Exam 21: Interlude B: A Surface Veneer: Sediments and Soils

________ is the most important factor in determining soil thickness.

Which area will tend to have the thickest soil?

What type of weathering are you likely to find occurring in areas with cold climates?

What type of weathering has happened to the rocks in the following picture?

Sediment does NOT contain ________.

What type of weathering is shown in the following picture?

List one factor that controls the thickness of soil and describe how the thickness is controlled.

Which of the following is a reason why wet soils tend to have more organic material than dry soils?

The Dust Bowl of the 1930s was created by what phenomenon?

Which soil horizon is the most important to farmers for planting crops?

The Earth in Context

The Way the Earth Works: Plate Tectonics

Patterns in Nature: Minerals

Up From the Inferno: Magma and Igneous Rocks

The Wrath of Vulcan: Volcanic Eruptions

Pages of Earth S Past: Sedimentary Rocks

Metamorphism: A Process of Change

A Violent Pulse: Earthquakes

Crags, cracks, and Crumples: Crustal Deformation and Mountain Building

Deep Time: How Old Is Old

A Biography of Earth

Riches in Rock: Energy and Mineral Resources

Unsafe Ground: Landslides and Other Mass Movements

Streams and Floods: The Geology of Running Water

Restless Realm: Oceans and Coasts

A Hidden Reserve: Groundwater

Dry Regions: The Geology of Deserts

Amazing Ice: Glaciers and Ice Ages

Global Change in the Earth System

Interlude A: Rock Groups

Interlude C: The Rock Cycle

Interlude D: The Earth S Interior Revisited: Insights From Geophysics

Interlude E: Memories of Past Life: Fossils and Evolution

Interlude F: An Introduction to Landscapes and the Hydrologic Cycle

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