UNIT #5 - Erosion and Weathering Review

Which processes are likely to cause a rise in the water table?

• runoff and erosion

• precipitation and infiltration

• deposition and burial

• solidification and condensation

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Which agent of erosion moves the particles within this erosional-depositional system?

• waves

• wind

• running water

• moving ice

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An elongated hill that is composed of unsorted sediments deposited by a glacier is called...

• a delta

• a drumlin

• a sand dune

• an outwash plain

A cross section of Niagara Falls is shown below. Which two rock units appear to be most resistant to weathering and erosion?

• Lockport dolostone and Whirpool sandstone

• Rochester shale and Albion sandstone and shale

• Clinton limestone and shale and Queenstown shale

• Thorold sandstone and Queenston shale

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The diagram below shows the edge of a continental glacier that is receding. R indicates elongated hills. The ridge of sediments from X to Y represents a landscape feature. The elongated hills labeled R are most useful in determining the...

• age of the glacier

• direction the glacier has moved

• thickness of the glacier

• rate at which the glacier is melting

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The diagram below shows the edge of a continental glacier that is receding. R indicates elongated hills. The ridge of sediments from X to Y represents a landscape feature. Which feature will most likely form when the partially buried ice block melts?

• drumlin

• moraine

• kettle lake

• finger lake

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A brief, heavy rainstorm occurs in the mountains. How will the volume of water and the rate of erosion in a stream change shortly after the rainstorm?

• The volume of water will decrease and the rate of erosion will increase.

• The volume of water will increase and the rate of erosion will decrease.

• Both the volume of water and the rate of erosion will decrease.

• Both the volume of water and the rate of erosion will increase.

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The photograph below shows a valley. Which agent of erosion most likely produced this valley’s shape?

• blowing wind

• ocean waves

• moving ice

• running water

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Pieces of bedrock material that are broken from a cliff and deposited by a landslide at the base of the cliff are best described as...

•  rounded and sorted

• rounded and unsorted

• angular and sorted

•  angular and unsorted

The geologic cross section below represents surface landscape features that developed in an arid climate. A change in climate to one that is more humid would cause the...

• shape of the hills to become more rounded

•  elevation of the area to become higher

• porosity of the bedrock to increase

• rate of chemical weathering to decrease

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