ES Unit 5 Weathering and Erosion Test Review

Which is a cause of chemical weathering?

• ice

• wind

• oxygen

• gravity

In places where there is loose sand and strong wind, the wind can pick up the sand and carry it. When the wind slows, it deposits the sand. Which of the following is formed as the wind slows?

• dunes

• glaciers

• rockfalls

• mudflows

Leaves release acids into the soil as they decay. How could the decaying leaves affect the rocks in the soil underneath them?

• They could increase the amount of physical weathering.

• They could decrease the amount of physical weathering.

• They could increase the amount of chemical weathering.

• They could decrease the amount of chemical weathering.

Which is a cause of physical weathering, but not of chemical weathering?

• air

• wind

• acids

• water

fine-grained sediments of quartz, feldspar, hornblende, mica, and clay deposited by the wind

• loess
• dune
• ventifact
• estuary

he diagram shows a cave within a limestone formation. Which major process is responsible for the formation of the cave?

• chemical weathering

• volcanic activity

• mass movement

• river erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The finest-grained soils are richest in

• sand

• humus

• clay

• iron

Which graph best relates soil particle size to the percent of water able to pass through the soil?

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The amount of space between soil is:

• Porosity
• Permeability

The ability of a liquid to flow through a substance is:

• Porosity
• Permeability

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4