Exam 15: Preliminaries to Weathering: Mass Wasting and Erosion

Which openings in rocks are associated with calcareous rocks?

________ move downslope as much as 160 kilometers per hour.

Mechanical weathering is more effective than chemical weathering in the breakdown of the individual grains of a large rock.

In frost wedging, the principal force is exerted against the ________ of the confining rock.

Granular disintegration is most closely associated with ________.

Frost wedging is associated with ________ in coarse-grained rocks.

The slowest and least perceptible form of mass wasting is ________.

Mass movements are likely to happen after ________.

Why isn't the Grand Canyon of the Colorado simply a product of the erosion by the river?

Which of the following form of mass wasting is relatively fast and wet compared to the others?

Jointing is most regularly patterned in ________.

The peeling of thin layers of stone off a large rock is ________.

Invariably, hydrolysis makes a mineral ________.

________ often initiates mass wasting in subarctic and high latitudes.

Soil creep is unimportant in arid regions since lack of water removes the primary ________.

Residual rock that has not experienced erosion is termed ________.

Which of the following landscapes is most closely associated with jointing?

Oxidation in rocks is often initiated by oxygen dissolved in water.

Which of the following is NOT closely associated with large landslides?

Mass wasting and denudation are synonymous terms.