Module 5 Review

Classify the following soil using the triangle below: 20% clay 60% silt 20% sand.

• silty clay

• silt loam

• silty clay loam

• clay loam

Which factor is most significant in controlling soil development?

• topography

• parent material

• biological activity

• climate

What type of soil develops from parent material that has been transported?

• residual soil

• organic soil

• transported soil

• volcanic soil

Soil in valleys tends to have less organic material than soil on hillsides.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

According to the figure, which city in Australia would see the most erosion by running water?

• Cook

• Darwin

• Perth

• Cook and Darwin have the same amount.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is formed by the deposition of large amounts of sediment into a body of water by a river?

• a delta

• a rill

• an alluvial fan

• a gully

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is the erosion by running water in a small channel on the side of a slope called?

• rill erosion

• gully erosion

• cutbank

• exfoliation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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What is the erosion by running water in a wide channel on the side of a slope called?

• rill erosion

• gully erosion

• cutbank

• exfoliation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The removal and transport of weathered materials is known as ________.

• weathering

• deposition

• erosion

• transportation

Order the following geographical areas from slowest physical weathering to fastest physical weathering based on their climates: 1. Brazil 2. Mexico 3. England 4. Russia

• Brazil, Mexico, England, Russia

• Russia, England, Mexico, Brazil

• England, Brazil, Russia, Mexico

• Mexico, Brazil, Russia, England