Slide 1

Weathering and Erosion
Review

Which of the following is not an example of
mechanical weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Actions of animals
Water
Abrasion
Freezing and
Thawing.
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 types of
weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Mechanical and
chemical
Mechanical and
kinetic
Chemical and
erosion
Erosion and
deposition.
30

0%
30 Seconds
Remaining

a.

0

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

The movement of rock particles by
ice, wind, water, or gravity is:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Weathering
Deposition
Abrasion
Erosion
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

True or False:
After chemical weathering, the
chemical make-up of the sediments
is the same as the original rock.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%
2

Which layer of soil has the greatest
amount of humus?
a. Horizon B;
subsoil
b. Horizon C;
weathered rock
c. Horizon A; topsoil
d. Bedrock
30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What type of soil conservation
plants crops along the curve of a
slope?

1. Contour farming
2. Conservation
plowing
3. Terracing
30 Seconds
4. Windbreaks
Remaining
30

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

What type of mass movement
causes a large chunk of Earth to
slip downhill in one large mass?

a.
b.
c.
d.

Landslide
Mudslide
Creep
Slump

30

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 processes by which
glaciers erode the land?
a. Deflation and
abrasion
b. Plucking and
Deflation
c. Plucking and
Abrasion
d. Deflation and
Deposition.

True or False
The stronger the wind, the larger
the sediments that can be moved.
1. True
2. False

Which of the following does not
influence the speed of running
water?
1. The shape of the
stream channel
2. The age of the
river.
3. The slope of the
river.
4. The amount of
water in a river.

What do we call the sediment that
is carried in a river?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Load
Till
Sediment
Dust

Freezing and thawing can weather
rocks through a process called:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Deposition
Ice wedging
Deflation
Plucking

A rock containing iron becomes soft
and crumbly as it begins to rust. It
has probably been chemically
weathered by:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Plants
Carbon dioxide
Oxygen
Acid Rain

What do we call the solid layer of
rock beneath all soil horizons?
0%
0%
0%
0%

a.
b.
c.
d.

Bedrock
Gravel
Subsoil
Granite

30

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0
0

The decayed organic material
found in topsoil is referred to as:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Silt
Litter
Humus
Clay

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

Why is soil considered to be a
valuable resource?
a. It is important to
all living things on
land.
b. It contains sand
and gravel.
c. It protects Earth’s
crust.
d. All of the above.

30

30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
00

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What event occurred in the 1930s
and was responsible for the
creation of soil conservation
techniques?
1. The great

30

depression
2. WW II
3. The advent of the
motorized plow
4. The Dust Bowl
30 Seconds
Remaining0%
0

1

0%
2

0%
3

0%
4

10

What is the order of Earth’s
destructive forces?

1. Deposition, erosion,
weathering.
2. Erosion, weathering,
deposition.
3. Weathering, erosion,
deposition.
4. Weathering,
deposition, erosion.

30

30

0%30 Seconds
0%

0%

0%

Remaining

0

1

0

2

3

4

Which soil particle is the largest?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Gravel
Sand
Clay
Silt

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining
0
0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
Weathering is the process by which
sediment is laid down in a new
location.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

30

10 Seconds
Remaining

0%
1

0
0

0%
2

Landslides, Mudflows, Creep, and
Slump are all examples of what
force?

1.
2.
3.
4.

runoff
soil formation
deflation
mass movement
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

Glaciers can only form when:

30

a. More snow falls than
melts
b. There is an ice age
c. The amount of snow
exceeds the amount
of rain.
d. None of the above.

30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What do we call the water that
moves over Earth’s surface?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Runoff
Watershed
Groundwater
Ice

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

A _________is a ridge of till left
behind by a glacier.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Kettle
Fiord
Moraine
Drumlin

0%

30

:30

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The process by which wind
removes surface materials is called
deflation
1. True
2. False
30

0%

30

0
1

2

Which of the following
30 characteristics influence the
percolation rate of a sediment?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Type of rock
Sediment size
Climate
The color of the
sediment.
0%

0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What characteristic of a material
describes the ability of water to
flow through that material?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Percolation rate
Porosity
Permeability
Deposition.
30

0%

0
a.

b.

c.

d.

Which soil conservation technique
helps to conserve soil by planting
bushes or trees along the edges of
a field to prevent wind erosion?

30

a.
b.
c.
d.

:30
Terracing
Windbreaks
Gully reclamation
Contour farming

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 factors that
determine the rate of weathering?

30

a. Climate and age
b. Type of rock and
age
c. Type of rock and
location
d. Type of rock and
climate.
30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What is the major agent of erosion?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Wind
Water
Ice
Gravity

0%
30

30

a.
0

b.

c.

d.

What force is responsible for
creating mass movement?
0%
0%
0%
0%

1.
2.
3.
4.

Ice
Wind
Gravity
water
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

When wind blows sand up around
an obstacle, it can create a:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Sand dune
Loess deposit
Moraine
30
mudslide

0%

a.

0 of 30

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The mixture of sediments
deposited by a glacier is called
loess.
1. True
2. False
30 Seconds
Remaining

0 of 30

0%
1

0%
2

What do we call the periods in
history in which Earth was covered
in glaciers?
a.
b.
c.
d.

0 of 30

Epochs
Bronze Age
Ice Age
Jurassic
period

0%

30

a.

b.

c.

d.

What are the 2 types of glaciers?
a. Valley and Arctic
b. Valley and
Mountain
c. Continental and
Arctic
d. Continental and
Valley
30

0%

0%

0%

0%

0 of 30
a.

b.

c.

d.


Slide 2

Weathering and Erosion
Review

Which of the following is not an example of
mechanical weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Actions of animals
Water
Abrasion
Freezing and
Thawing.
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 types of
weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Mechanical and
chemical
Mechanical and
kinetic
Chemical and
erosion
Erosion and
deposition.
30

0%
30 Seconds
Remaining

a.

0

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

The movement of rock particles by
ice, wind, water, or gravity is:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Weathering
Deposition
Abrasion
Erosion
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

True or False:
After chemical weathering, the
chemical make-up of the sediments
is the same as the original rock.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%
2

Which layer of soil has the greatest
amount of humus?
a. Horizon B;
subsoil
b. Horizon C;
weathered rock
c. Horizon A; topsoil
d. Bedrock
30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What type of soil conservation
plants crops along the curve of a
slope?

1. Contour farming
2. Conservation
plowing
3. Terracing
30 Seconds
4. Windbreaks
Remaining
30

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

What type of mass movement
causes a large chunk of Earth to
slip downhill in one large mass?

a.
b.
c.
d.

Landslide
Mudslide
Creep
Slump

30

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 processes by which
glaciers erode the land?
a. Deflation and
abrasion
b. Plucking and
Deflation
c. Plucking and
Abrasion
d. Deflation and
Deposition.

True or False
The stronger the wind, the larger
the sediments that can be moved.
1. True
2. False

Which of the following does not
influence the speed of running
water?
1. The shape of the
stream channel
2. The age of the
river.
3. The slope of the
river.
4. The amount of
water in a river.

What do we call the sediment that
is carried in a river?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Load
Till
Sediment
Dust

Freezing and thawing can weather
rocks through a process called:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Deposition
Ice wedging
Deflation
Plucking

A rock containing iron becomes soft
and crumbly as it begins to rust. It
has probably been chemically
weathered by:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Plants
Carbon dioxide
Oxygen
Acid Rain

What do we call the solid layer of
rock beneath all soil horizons?
0%
0%
0%
0%

a.
b.
c.
d.

Bedrock
Gravel
Subsoil
Granite

30

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0
0

The decayed organic material
found in topsoil is referred to as:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Silt
Litter
Humus
Clay

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

Why is soil considered to be a
valuable resource?
a. It is important to
all living things on
land.
b. It contains sand
and gravel.
c. It protects Earth’s
crust.
d. All of the above.

30

30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
00

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What event occurred in the 1930s
and was responsible for the
creation of soil conservation
techniques?
1. The great

30

depression
2. WW II
3. The advent of the
motorized plow
4. The Dust Bowl
30 Seconds
Remaining0%
0

1

0%
2

0%
3

0%
4

10

What is the order of Earth’s
destructive forces?

1. Deposition, erosion,
weathering.
2. Erosion, weathering,
deposition.
3. Weathering, erosion,
deposition.
4. Weathering,
deposition, erosion.

30

30

0%30 Seconds
0%

0%

0%

Remaining

0

1

0

2

3

4

Which soil particle is the largest?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Gravel
Sand
Clay
Silt

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining
0
0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
Weathering is the process by which
sediment is laid down in a new
location.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

30

10 Seconds
Remaining

0%
1

0
0

0%
2

Landslides, Mudflows, Creep, and
Slump are all examples of what
force?

1.
2.
3.
4.

runoff
soil formation
deflation
mass movement
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

Glaciers can only form when:

30

a. More snow falls than
melts
b. There is an ice age
c. The amount of snow
exceeds the amount
of rain.
d. None of the above.

30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What do we call the water that
moves over Earth’s surface?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Runoff
Watershed
Groundwater
Ice

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

A _________is a ridge of till left
behind by a glacier.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Kettle
Fiord
Moraine
Drumlin

0%

30

:30

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The process by which wind
removes surface materials is called
deflation
1. True
2. False
30

0%

30

0
1

2

Which of the following
30 characteristics influence the
percolation rate of a sediment?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Type of rock
Sediment size
Climate
The color of the
sediment.
0%

0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What characteristic of a material
describes the ability of water to
flow through that material?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Percolation rate
Porosity
Permeability
Deposition.
30

0%

0
a.

b.

c.

d.

Which soil conservation technique
helps to conserve soil by planting
bushes or trees along the edges of
a field to prevent wind erosion?

30

a.
b.
c.
d.

:30
Terracing
Windbreaks
Gully reclamation
Contour farming

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 factors that
determine the rate of weathering?

30

a. Climate and age
b. Type of rock and
age
c. Type of rock and
location
d. Type of rock and
climate.
30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What is the major agent of erosion?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Wind
Water
Ice
Gravity

0%
30

30

a.
0

b.

c.

d.

What force is responsible for
creating mass movement?
0%
0%
0%
0%

1.
2.
3.
4.

Ice
Wind
Gravity
water
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

When wind blows sand up around
an obstacle, it can create a:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Sand dune
Loess deposit
Moraine
30
mudslide

0%

a.

0 of 30

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The mixture of sediments
deposited by a glacier is called
loess.
1. True
2. False
30 Seconds
Remaining

0 of 30

0%
1

0%
2

What do we call the periods in
history in which Earth was covered
in glaciers?
a.
b.
c.
d.

0 of 30

Epochs
Bronze Age
Ice Age
Jurassic
period

0%

30

a.

b.

c.

d.

What are the 2 types of glaciers?
a. Valley and Arctic
b. Valley and
Mountain
c. Continental and
Arctic
d. Continental and
Valley
30

0%

0%

0%

0%

0 of 30
a.

b.

c.

d.


Slide 3

Weathering and Erosion
Review

Which of the following is not an example of
mechanical weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Actions of animals
Water
Abrasion
Freezing and
Thawing.
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 types of
weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Mechanical and
chemical
Mechanical and
kinetic
Chemical and
erosion
Erosion and
deposition.
30

0%
30 Seconds
Remaining

a.

0

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

The movement of rock particles by
ice, wind, water, or gravity is:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Weathering
Deposition
Abrasion
Erosion
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

True or False:
After chemical weathering, the
chemical make-up of the sediments
is the same as the original rock.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%
2

Which layer of soil has the greatest
amount of humus?
a. Horizon B;
subsoil
b. Horizon C;
weathered rock
c. Horizon A; topsoil
d. Bedrock
30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What type of soil conservation
plants crops along the curve of a
slope?

1. Contour farming
2. Conservation
plowing
3. Terracing
30 Seconds
4. Windbreaks
Remaining
30

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

What type of mass movement
causes a large chunk of Earth to
slip downhill in one large mass?

a.
b.
c.
d.

Landslide
Mudslide
Creep
Slump

30

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 processes by which
glaciers erode the land?
a. Deflation and
abrasion
b. Plucking and
Deflation
c. Plucking and
Abrasion
d. Deflation and
Deposition.

True or False
The stronger the wind, the larger
the sediments that can be moved.
1. True
2. False

Which of the following does not
influence the speed of running
water?
1. The shape of the
stream channel
2. The age of the
river.
3. The slope of the
river.
4. The amount of
water in a river.

What do we call the sediment that
is carried in a river?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Load
Till
Sediment
Dust

Freezing and thawing can weather
rocks through a process called:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Deposition
Ice wedging
Deflation
Plucking

A rock containing iron becomes soft
and crumbly as it begins to rust. It
has probably been chemically
weathered by:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Plants
Carbon dioxide
Oxygen
Acid Rain

What do we call the solid layer of
rock beneath all soil horizons?
0%
0%
0%
0%

a.
b.
c.
d.

Bedrock
Gravel
Subsoil
Granite

30

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0
0

The decayed organic material
found in topsoil is referred to as:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Silt
Litter
Humus
Clay

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

Why is soil considered to be a
valuable resource?
a. It is important to
all living things on
land.
b. It contains sand
and gravel.
c. It protects Earth’s
crust.
d. All of the above.

30

30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
00

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What event occurred in the 1930s
and was responsible for the
creation of soil conservation
techniques?
1. The great

30

depression
2. WW II
3. The advent of the
motorized plow
4. The Dust Bowl
30 Seconds
Remaining0%
0

1

0%
2

0%
3

0%
4

10

What is the order of Earth’s
destructive forces?

1. Deposition, erosion,
weathering.
2. Erosion, weathering,
deposition.
3. Weathering, erosion,
deposition.
4. Weathering,
deposition, erosion.

30

30

0%30 Seconds
0%

0%

0%

Remaining

0

1

0

2

3

4

Which soil particle is the largest?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Gravel
Sand
Clay
Silt

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining
0
0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
Weathering is the process by which
sediment is laid down in a new
location.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

30

10 Seconds
Remaining

0%
1

0
0

0%
2

Landslides, Mudflows, Creep, and
Slump are all examples of what
force?

1.
2.
3.
4.

runoff
soil formation
deflation
mass movement
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

Glaciers can only form when:

30

a. More snow falls than
melts
b. There is an ice age
c. The amount of snow
exceeds the amount
of rain.
d. None of the above.

30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What do we call the water that
moves over Earth’s surface?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Runoff
Watershed
Groundwater
Ice

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

A _________is a ridge of till left
behind by a glacier.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Kettle
Fiord
Moraine
Drumlin

0%

30

:30

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The process by which wind
removes surface materials is called
deflation
1. True
2. False
30

0%

30

0
1

2

Which of the following
30 characteristics influence the
percolation rate of a sediment?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Type of rock
Sediment size
Climate
The color of the
sediment.
0%

0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What characteristic of a material
describes the ability of water to
flow through that material?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Percolation rate
Porosity
Permeability
Deposition.
30

0%

0
a.

b.

c.

d.

Which soil conservation technique
helps to conserve soil by planting
bushes or trees along the edges of
a field to prevent wind erosion?

30

a.
b.
c.
d.

:30
Terracing
Windbreaks
Gully reclamation
Contour farming

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 factors that
determine the rate of weathering?

30

a. Climate and age
b. Type of rock and
age
c. Type of rock and
location
d. Type of rock and
climate.
30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What is the major agent of erosion?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Wind
Water
Ice
Gravity

0%
30

30

a.
0

b.

c.

d.

What force is responsible for
creating mass movement?
0%
0%
0%
0%

1.
2.
3.
4.

Ice
Wind
Gravity
water
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

When wind blows sand up around
an obstacle, it can create a:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Sand dune
Loess deposit
Moraine
30
mudslide

0%

a.

0 of 30

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The mixture of sediments
deposited by a glacier is called
loess.
1. True
2. False
30 Seconds
Remaining

0 of 30

0%
1

0%
2

What do we call the periods in
history in which Earth was covered
in glaciers?
a.
b.
c.
d.

0 of 30

Epochs
Bronze Age
Ice Age
Jurassic
period

0%

30

a.

b.

c.

d.

What are the 2 types of glaciers?
a. Valley and Arctic
b. Valley and
Mountain
c. Continental and
Arctic
d. Continental and
Valley
30

0%

0%

0%

0%

0 of 30
a.

b.

c.

d.


Slide 4

Weathering and Erosion
Review

Which of the following is not an example of
mechanical weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Actions of animals
Water
Abrasion
Freezing and
Thawing.
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 types of
weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Mechanical and
chemical
Mechanical and
kinetic
Chemical and
erosion
Erosion and
deposition.
30

0%
30 Seconds
Remaining

a.

0

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

The movement of rock particles by
ice, wind, water, or gravity is:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Weathering
Deposition
Abrasion
Erosion
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

True or False:
After chemical weathering, the
chemical make-up of the sediments
is the same as the original rock.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%
2

Which layer of soil has the greatest
amount of humus?
a. Horizon B;
subsoil
b. Horizon C;
weathered rock
c. Horizon A; topsoil
d. Bedrock
30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What type of soil conservation
plants crops along the curve of a
slope?

1. Contour farming
2. Conservation
plowing
3. Terracing
30 Seconds
4. Windbreaks
Remaining
30

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

What type of mass movement
causes a large chunk of Earth to
slip downhill in one large mass?

a.
b.
c.
d.

Landslide
Mudslide
Creep
Slump

30

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 processes by which
glaciers erode the land?
a. Deflation and
abrasion
b. Plucking and
Deflation
c. Plucking and
Abrasion
d. Deflation and
Deposition.

True or False
The stronger the wind, the larger
the sediments that can be moved.
1. True
2. False

Which of the following does not
influence the speed of running
water?
1. The shape of the
stream channel
2. The age of the
river.
3. The slope of the
river.
4. The amount of
water in a river.

What do we call the sediment that
is carried in a river?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Load
Till
Sediment
Dust

Freezing and thawing can weather
rocks through a process called:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Deposition
Ice wedging
Deflation
Plucking

A rock containing iron becomes soft
and crumbly as it begins to rust. It
has probably been chemically
weathered by:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Plants
Carbon dioxide
Oxygen
Acid Rain

What do we call the solid layer of
rock beneath all soil horizons?
0%
0%
0%
0%

a.
b.
c.
d.

Bedrock
Gravel
Subsoil
Granite

30

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0
0

The decayed organic material
found in topsoil is referred to as:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Silt
Litter
Humus
Clay

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

Why is soil considered to be a
valuable resource?
a. It is important to
all living things on
land.
b. It contains sand
and gravel.
c. It protects Earth’s
crust.
d. All of the above.

30

30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
00

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What event occurred in the 1930s
and was responsible for the
creation of soil conservation
techniques?
1. The great

30

depression
2. WW II
3. The advent of the
motorized plow
4. The Dust Bowl
30 Seconds
Remaining0%
0

1

0%
2

0%
3

0%
4

10

What is the order of Earth’s
destructive forces?

1. Deposition, erosion,
weathering.
2. Erosion, weathering,
deposition.
3. Weathering, erosion,
deposition.
4. Weathering,
deposition, erosion.

30

30

0%30 Seconds
0%

0%

0%

Remaining

0

1

0

2

3

4

Which soil particle is the largest?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Gravel
Sand
Clay
Silt

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining
0
0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
Weathering is the process by which
sediment is laid down in a new
location.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

30

10 Seconds
Remaining

0%
1

0
0

0%
2

Landslides, Mudflows, Creep, and
Slump are all examples of what
force?

1.
2.
3.
4.

runoff
soil formation
deflation
mass movement
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

Glaciers can only form when:

30

a. More snow falls than
melts
b. There is an ice age
c. The amount of snow
exceeds the amount
of rain.
d. None of the above.

30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What do we call the water that
moves over Earth’s surface?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Runoff
Watershed
Groundwater
Ice

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

A _________is a ridge of till left
behind by a glacier.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Kettle
Fiord
Moraine
Drumlin

0%

30

:30

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The process by which wind
removes surface materials is called
deflation
1. True
2. False
30

0%

30

0
1

2

Which of the following
30 characteristics influence the
percolation rate of a sediment?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Type of rock
Sediment size
Climate
The color of the
sediment.
0%

0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What characteristic of a material
describes the ability of water to
flow through that material?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Percolation rate
Porosity
Permeability
Deposition.
30

0%

0
a.

b.

c.

d.

Which soil conservation technique
helps to conserve soil by planting
bushes or trees along the edges of
a field to prevent wind erosion?

30

a.
b.
c.
d.

:30
Terracing
Windbreaks
Gully reclamation
Contour farming

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 factors that
determine the rate of weathering?

30

a. Climate and age
b. Type of rock and
age
c. Type of rock and
location
d. Type of rock and
climate.
30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What is the major agent of erosion?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Wind
Water
Ice
Gravity

0%
30

30

a.
0

b.

c.

d.

What force is responsible for
creating mass movement?
0%
0%
0%
0%

1.
2.
3.
4.

Ice
Wind
Gravity
water
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

When wind blows sand up around
an obstacle, it can create a:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Sand dune
Loess deposit
Moraine
30
mudslide

0%

a.

0 of 30

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The mixture of sediments
deposited by a glacier is called
loess.
1. True
2. False
30 Seconds
Remaining

0 of 30

0%
1

0%
2

What do we call the periods in
history in which Earth was covered
in glaciers?
a.
b.
c.
d.

0 of 30

Epochs
Bronze Age
Ice Age
Jurassic
period

0%

30

a.

b.

c.

d.

What are the 2 types of glaciers?
a. Valley and Arctic
b. Valley and
Mountain
c. Continental and
Arctic
d. Continental and
Valley
30

0%

0%

0%

0%

0 of 30
a.

b.

c.

d.


Slide 5

Weathering and Erosion
Review

Which of the following is not an example of
mechanical weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Actions of animals
Water
Abrasion
Freezing and
Thawing.
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 types of
weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Mechanical and
chemical
Mechanical and
kinetic
Chemical and
erosion
Erosion and
deposition.
30

0%
30 Seconds
Remaining

a.

0

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

The movement of rock particles by
ice, wind, water, or gravity is:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Weathering
Deposition
Abrasion
Erosion
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

True or False:
After chemical weathering, the
chemical make-up of the sediments
is the same as the original rock.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%
2

Which layer of soil has the greatest
amount of humus?
a. Horizon B;
subsoil
b. Horizon C;
weathered rock
c. Horizon A; topsoil
d. Bedrock
30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What type of soil conservation
plants crops along the curve of a
slope?

1. Contour farming
2. Conservation
plowing
3. Terracing
30 Seconds
4. Windbreaks
Remaining
30

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

What type of mass movement
causes a large chunk of Earth to
slip downhill in one large mass?

a.
b.
c.
d.

Landslide
Mudslide
Creep
Slump

30

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 processes by which
glaciers erode the land?
a. Deflation and
abrasion
b. Plucking and
Deflation
c. Plucking and
Abrasion
d. Deflation and
Deposition.

True or False
The stronger the wind, the larger
the sediments that can be moved.
1. True
2. False

Which of the following does not
influence the speed of running
water?
1. The shape of the
stream channel
2. The age of the
river.
3. The slope of the
river.
4. The amount of
water in a river.

What do we call the sediment that
is carried in a river?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Load
Till
Sediment
Dust

Freezing and thawing can weather
rocks through a process called:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Deposition
Ice wedging
Deflation
Plucking

A rock containing iron becomes soft
and crumbly as it begins to rust. It
has probably been chemically
weathered by:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Plants
Carbon dioxide
Oxygen
Acid Rain

What do we call the solid layer of
rock beneath all soil horizons?
0%
0%
0%
0%

a.
b.
c.
d.

Bedrock
Gravel
Subsoil
Granite

30

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0
0

The decayed organic material
found in topsoil is referred to as:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Silt
Litter
Humus
Clay

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

Why is soil considered to be a
valuable resource?
a. It is important to
all living things on
land.
b. It contains sand
and gravel.
c. It protects Earth’s
crust.
d. All of the above.

30

30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
00

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What event occurred in the 1930s
and was responsible for the
creation of soil conservation
techniques?
1. The great

30

depression
2. WW II
3. The advent of the
motorized plow
4. The Dust Bowl
30 Seconds
Remaining0%
0

1

0%
2

0%
3

0%
4

10

What is the order of Earth’s
destructive forces?

1. Deposition, erosion,
weathering.
2. Erosion, weathering,
deposition.
3. Weathering, erosion,
deposition.
4. Weathering,
deposition, erosion.

30

30

0%30 Seconds
0%

0%

0%

Remaining

0

1

0

2

3

4

Which soil particle is the largest?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Gravel
Sand
Clay
Silt

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining
0
0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
Weathering is the process by which
sediment is laid down in a new
location.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

30

10 Seconds
Remaining

0%
1

0
0

0%
2

Landslides, Mudflows, Creep, and
Slump are all examples of what
force?

1.
2.
3.
4.

runoff
soil formation
deflation
mass movement
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

Glaciers can only form when:

30

a. More snow falls than
melts
b. There is an ice age
c. The amount of snow
exceeds the amount
of rain.
d. None of the above.

30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What do we call the water that
moves over Earth’s surface?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Runoff
Watershed
Groundwater
Ice

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

A _________is a ridge of till left
behind by a glacier.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Kettle
Fiord
Moraine
Drumlin

0%

30

:30

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The process by which wind
removes surface materials is called
deflation
1. True
2. False
30

0%

30

0
1

2

Which of the following
30 characteristics influence the
percolation rate of a sediment?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Type of rock
Sediment size
Climate
The color of the
sediment.
0%

0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What characteristic of a material
describes the ability of water to
flow through that material?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Percolation rate
Porosity
Permeability
Deposition.
30

0%

0
a.

b.

c.

d.

Which soil conservation technique
helps to conserve soil by planting
bushes or trees along the edges of
a field to prevent wind erosion?

30

a.
b.
c.
d.

:30
Terracing
Windbreaks
Gully reclamation
Contour farming

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 factors that
determine the rate of weathering?

30

a. Climate and age
b. Type of rock and
age
c. Type of rock and
location
d. Type of rock and
climate.
30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What is the major agent of erosion?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Wind
Water
Ice
Gravity

0%
30

30

a.
0

b.

c.

d.

What force is responsible for
creating mass movement?
0%
0%
0%
0%

1.
2.
3.
4.

Ice
Wind
Gravity
water
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

When wind blows sand up around
an obstacle, it can create a:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Sand dune
Loess deposit
Moraine
30
mudslide

0%

a.

0 of 30

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The mixture of sediments
deposited by a glacier is called
loess.
1. True
2. False
30 Seconds
Remaining

0 of 30

0%
1

0%
2

What do we call the periods in
history in which Earth was covered
in glaciers?
a.
b.
c.
d.

0 of 30

Epochs
Bronze Age
Ice Age
Jurassic
period

0%

30

a.

b.

c.

d.

What are the 2 types of glaciers?
a. Valley and Arctic
b. Valley and
Mountain
c. Continental and
Arctic
d. Continental and
Valley
30

0%

0%

0%

0%

0 of 30
a.

b.

c.

d.


Slide 6

Weathering and Erosion
Review

Which of the following is not an example of
mechanical weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Actions of animals
Water
Abrasion
Freezing and
Thawing.
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 types of
weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Mechanical and
chemical
Mechanical and
kinetic
Chemical and
erosion
Erosion and
deposition.
30

0%
30 Seconds
Remaining

a.

0

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

The movement of rock particles by
ice, wind, water, or gravity is:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Weathering
Deposition
Abrasion
Erosion
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

True or False:
After chemical weathering, the
chemical make-up of the sediments
is the same as the original rock.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%
2

Which layer of soil has the greatest
amount of humus?
a. Horizon B;
subsoil
b. Horizon C;
weathered rock
c. Horizon A; topsoil
d. Bedrock
30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What type of soil conservation
plants crops along the curve of a
slope?

1. Contour farming
2. Conservation
plowing
3. Terracing
30 Seconds
4. Windbreaks
Remaining
30

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

What type of mass movement
causes a large chunk of Earth to
slip downhill in one large mass?

a.
b.
c.
d.

Landslide
Mudslide
Creep
Slump

30

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 processes by which
glaciers erode the land?
a. Deflation and
abrasion
b. Plucking and
Deflation
c. Plucking and
Abrasion
d. Deflation and
Deposition.

True or False
The stronger the wind, the larger
the sediments that can be moved.
1. True
2. False

Which of the following does not
influence the speed of running
water?
1. The shape of the
stream channel
2. The age of the
river.
3. The slope of the
river.
4. The amount of
water in a river.

What do we call the sediment that
is carried in a river?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Load
Till
Sediment
Dust

Freezing and thawing can weather
rocks through a process called:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Deposition
Ice wedging
Deflation
Plucking

A rock containing iron becomes soft
and crumbly as it begins to rust. It
has probably been chemically
weathered by:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Plants
Carbon dioxide
Oxygen
Acid Rain

What do we call the solid layer of
rock beneath all soil horizons?
0%
0%
0%
0%

a.
b.
c.
d.

Bedrock
Gravel
Subsoil
Granite

30

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0
0

The decayed organic material
found in topsoil is referred to as:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Silt
Litter
Humus
Clay

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

Why is soil considered to be a
valuable resource?
a. It is important to
all living things on
land.
b. It contains sand
and gravel.
c. It protects Earth’s
crust.
d. All of the above.

30

30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
00

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What event occurred in the 1930s
and was responsible for the
creation of soil conservation
techniques?
1. The great

30

depression
2. WW II
3. The advent of the
motorized plow
4. The Dust Bowl
30 Seconds
Remaining0%
0

1

0%
2

0%
3

0%
4

10

What is the order of Earth’s
destructive forces?

1. Deposition, erosion,
weathering.
2. Erosion, weathering,
deposition.
3. Weathering, erosion,
deposition.
4. Weathering,
deposition, erosion.

30

30

0%30 Seconds
0%

0%

0%

Remaining

0

1

0

2

3

4

Which soil particle is the largest?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Gravel
Sand
Clay
Silt

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining
0
0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
Weathering is the process by which
sediment is laid down in a new
location.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

30

10 Seconds
Remaining

0%
1

0
0

0%
2

Landslides, Mudflows, Creep, and
Slump are all examples of what
force?

1.
2.
3.
4.

runoff
soil formation
deflation
mass movement
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

Glaciers can only form when:

30

a. More snow falls than
melts
b. There is an ice age
c. The amount of snow
exceeds the amount
of rain.
d. None of the above.

30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What do we call the water that
moves over Earth’s surface?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Runoff
Watershed
Groundwater
Ice

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

A _________is a ridge of till left
behind by a glacier.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Kettle
Fiord
Moraine
Drumlin

0%

30

:30

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The process by which wind
removes surface materials is called
deflation
1. True
2. False
30

0%

30

0
1

2

Which of the following
30 characteristics influence the
percolation rate of a sediment?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Type of rock
Sediment size
Climate
The color of the
sediment.
0%

0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What characteristic of a material
describes the ability of water to
flow through that material?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Percolation rate
Porosity
Permeability
Deposition.
30

0%

0
a.

b.

c.

d.

Which soil conservation technique
helps to conserve soil by planting
bushes or trees along the edges of
a field to prevent wind erosion?

30

a.
b.
c.
d.

:30
Terracing
Windbreaks
Gully reclamation
Contour farming

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 factors that
determine the rate of weathering?

30

a. Climate and age
b. Type of rock and
age
c. Type of rock and
location
d. Type of rock and
climate.
30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What is the major agent of erosion?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Wind
Water
Ice
Gravity

0%
30

30

a.
0

b.

c.

d.

What force is responsible for
creating mass movement?
0%
0%
0%
0%

1.
2.
3.
4.

Ice
Wind
Gravity
water
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

When wind blows sand up around
an obstacle, it can create a:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Sand dune
Loess deposit
Moraine
30
mudslide

0%

a.

0 of 30

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The mixture of sediments
deposited by a glacier is called
loess.
1. True
2. False
30 Seconds
Remaining

0 of 30

0%
1

0%
2

What do we call the periods in
history in which Earth was covered
in glaciers?
a.
b.
c.
d.

0 of 30

Epochs
Bronze Age
Ice Age
Jurassic
period

0%

30

a.

b.

c.

d.

What are the 2 types of glaciers?
a. Valley and Arctic
b. Valley and
Mountain
c. Continental and
Arctic
d. Continental and
Valley
30

0%

0%

0%

0%

0 of 30
a.

b.

c.

d.


Slide 7

Weathering and Erosion
Review

Which of the following is not an example of
mechanical weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Actions of animals
Water
Abrasion
Freezing and
Thawing.
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 types of
weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Mechanical and
chemical
Mechanical and
kinetic
Chemical and
erosion
Erosion and
deposition.
30

0%
30 Seconds
Remaining

a.

0

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

The movement of rock particles by
ice, wind, water, or gravity is:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Weathering
Deposition
Abrasion
Erosion
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

True or False:
After chemical weathering, the
chemical make-up of the sediments
is the same as the original rock.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%
2

Which layer of soil has the greatest
amount of humus?
a. Horizon B;
subsoil
b. Horizon C;
weathered rock
c. Horizon A; topsoil
d. Bedrock
30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What type of soil conservation
plants crops along the curve of a
slope?

1. Contour farming
2. Conservation
plowing
3. Terracing
30 Seconds
4. Windbreaks
Remaining
30

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

What type of mass movement
causes a large chunk of Earth to
slip downhill in one large mass?

a.
b.
c.
d.

Landslide
Mudslide
Creep
Slump

30

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 processes by which
glaciers erode the land?
a. Deflation and
abrasion
b. Plucking and
Deflation
c. Plucking and
Abrasion
d. Deflation and
Deposition.

True or False
The stronger the wind, the larger
the sediments that can be moved.
1. True
2. False

Which of the following does not
influence the speed of running
water?
1. The shape of the
stream channel
2. The age of the
river.
3. The slope of the
river.
4. The amount of
water in a river.

What do we call the sediment that
is carried in a river?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Load
Till
Sediment
Dust

Freezing and thawing can weather
rocks through a process called:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Deposition
Ice wedging
Deflation
Plucking

A rock containing iron becomes soft
and crumbly as it begins to rust. It
has probably been chemically
weathered by:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Plants
Carbon dioxide
Oxygen
Acid Rain

What do we call the solid layer of
rock beneath all soil horizons?
0%
0%
0%
0%

a.
b.
c.
d.

Bedrock
Gravel
Subsoil
Granite

30

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0
0

The decayed organic material
found in topsoil is referred to as:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Silt
Litter
Humus
Clay

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

Why is soil considered to be a
valuable resource?
a. It is important to
all living things on
land.
b. It contains sand
and gravel.
c. It protects Earth’s
crust.
d. All of the above.

30

30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
00

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What event occurred in the 1930s
and was responsible for the
creation of soil conservation
techniques?
1. The great

30

depression
2. WW II
3. The advent of the
motorized plow
4. The Dust Bowl
30 Seconds
Remaining0%
0

1

0%
2

0%
3

0%
4

10

What is the order of Earth’s
destructive forces?

1. Deposition, erosion,
weathering.
2. Erosion, weathering,
deposition.
3. Weathering, erosion,
deposition.
4. Weathering,
deposition, erosion.

30

30

0%30 Seconds
0%

0%

0%

Remaining

0

1

0

2

3

4

Which soil particle is the largest?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Gravel
Sand
Clay
Silt

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining
0
0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
Weathering is the process by which
sediment is laid down in a new
location.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

30

10 Seconds
Remaining

0%
1

0
0

0%
2

Landslides, Mudflows, Creep, and
Slump are all examples of what
force?

1.
2.
3.
4.

runoff
soil formation
deflation
mass movement
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

Glaciers can only form when:

30

a. More snow falls than
melts
b. There is an ice age
c. The amount of snow
exceeds the amount
of rain.
d. None of the above.

30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What do we call the water that
moves over Earth’s surface?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Runoff
Watershed
Groundwater
Ice

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

A _________is a ridge of till left
behind by a glacier.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Kettle
Fiord
Moraine
Drumlin

0%

30

:30

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The process by which wind
removes surface materials is called
deflation
1. True
2. False
30

0%

30

0
1

2

Which of the following
30 characteristics influence the
percolation rate of a sediment?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Type of rock
Sediment size
Climate
The color of the
sediment.
0%

0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What characteristic of a material
describes the ability of water to
flow through that material?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Percolation rate
Porosity
Permeability
Deposition.
30

0%

0
a.

b.

c.

d.

Which soil conservation technique
helps to conserve soil by planting
bushes or trees along the edges of
a field to prevent wind erosion?

30

a.
b.
c.
d.

:30
Terracing
Windbreaks
Gully reclamation
Contour farming

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 factors that
determine the rate of weathering?

30

a. Climate and age
b. Type of rock and
age
c. Type of rock and
location
d. Type of rock and
climate.
30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What is the major agent of erosion?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Wind
Water
Ice
Gravity

0%
30

30

a.
0

b.

c.

d.

What force is responsible for
creating mass movement?
0%
0%
0%
0%

1.
2.
3.
4.

Ice
Wind
Gravity
water
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

When wind blows sand up around
an obstacle, it can create a:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Sand dune
Loess deposit
Moraine
30
mudslide

0%

a.

0 of 30

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The mixture of sediments
deposited by a glacier is called
loess.
1. True
2. False
30 Seconds
Remaining

0 of 30

0%
1

0%
2

What do we call the periods in
history in which Earth was covered
in glaciers?
a.
b.
c.
d.

0 of 30

Epochs
Bronze Age
Ice Age
Jurassic
period

0%

30

a.

b.

c.

d.

What are the 2 types of glaciers?
a. Valley and Arctic
b. Valley and
Mountain
c. Continental and
Arctic
d. Continental and
Valley
30

0%

0%

0%

0%

0 of 30
a.

b.

c.

d.


Slide 8

Weathering and Erosion
Review

Which of the following is not an example of
mechanical weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Actions of animals
Water
Abrasion
Freezing and
Thawing.
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 types of
weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Mechanical and
chemical
Mechanical and
kinetic
Chemical and
erosion
Erosion and
deposition.
30

0%
30 Seconds
Remaining

a.

0

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

The movement of rock particles by
ice, wind, water, or gravity is:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Weathering
Deposition
Abrasion
Erosion
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

True or False:
After chemical weathering, the
chemical make-up of the sediments
is the same as the original rock.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%
2

Which layer of soil has the greatest
amount of humus?
a. Horizon B;
subsoil
b. Horizon C;
weathered rock
c. Horizon A; topsoil
d. Bedrock
30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What type of soil conservation
plants crops along the curve of a
slope?

1. Contour farming
2. Conservation
plowing
3. Terracing
30 Seconds
4. Windbreaks
Remaining
30

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

What type of mass movement
causes a large chunk of Earth to
slip downhill in one large mass?

a.
b.
c.
d.

Landslide
Mudslide
Creep
Slump

30

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 processes by which
glaciers erode the land?
a. Deflation and
abrasion
b. Plucking and
Deflation
c. Plucking and
Abrasion
d. Deflation and
Deposition.

True or False
The stronger the wind, the larger
the sediments that can be moved.
1. True
2. False

Which of the following does not
influence the speed of running
water?
1. The shape of the
stream channel
2. The age of the
river.
3. The slope of the
river.
4. The amount of
water in a river.

What do we call the sediment that
is carried in a river?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Load
Till
Sediment
Dust

Freezing and thawing can weather
rocks through a process called:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Deposition
Ice wedging
Deflation
Plucking

A rock containing iron becomes soft
and crumbly as it begins to rust. It
has probably been chemically
weathered by:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Plants
Carbon dioxide
Oxygen
Acid Rain

What do we call the solid layer of
rock beneath all soil horizons?
0%
0%
0%
0%

a.
b.
c.
d.

Bedrock
Gravel
Subsoil
Granite

30

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0
0

The decayed organic material
found in topsoil is referred to as:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Silt
Litter
Humus
Clay

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

Why is soil considered to be a
valuable resource?
a. It is important to
all living things on
land.
b. It contains sand
and gravel.
c. It protects Earth’s
crust.
d. All of the above.

30

30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
00

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What event occurred in the 1930s
and was responsible for the
creation of soil conservation
techniques?
1. The great

30

depression
2. WW II
3. The advent of the
motorized plow
4. The Dust Bowl
30 Seconds
Remaining0%
0

1

0%
2

0%
3

0%
4

10

What is the order of Earth’s
destructive forces?

1. Deposition, erosion,
weathering.
2. Erosion, weathering,
deposition.
3. Weathering, erosion,
deposition.
4. Weathering,
deposition, erosion.

30

30

0%30 Seconds
0%

0%

0%

Remaining

0

1

0

2

3

4

Which soil particle is the largest?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Gravel
Sand
Clay
Silt

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining
0
0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
Weathering is the process by which
sediment is laid down in a new
location.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

30

10 Seconds
Remaining

0%
1

0
0

0%
2

Landslides, Mudflows, Creep, and
Slump are all examples of what
force?

1.
2.
3.
4.

runoff
soil formation
deflation
mass movement
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

Glaciers can only form when:

30

a. More snow falls than
melts
b. There is an ice age
c. The amount of snow
exceeds the amount
of rain.
d. None of the above.

30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What do we call the water that
moves over Earth’s surface?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Runoff
Watershed
Groundwater
Ice

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

A _________is a ridge of till left
behind by a glacier.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Kettle
Fiord
Moraine
Drumlin

0%

30

:30

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The process by which wind
removes surface materials is called
deflation
1. True
2. False
30

0%

30

0
1

2

Which of the following
30 characteristics influence the
percolation rate of a sediment?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Type of rock
Sediment size
Climate
The color of the
sediment.
0%

0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What characteristic of a material
describes the ability of water to
flow through that material?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Percolation rate
Porosity
Permeability
Deposition.
30

0%

0
a.

b.

c.

d.

Which soil conservation technique
helps to conserve soil by planting
bushes or trees along the edges of
a field to prevent wind erosion?

30

a.
b.
c.
d.

:30
Terracing
Windbreaks
Gully reclamation
Contour farming

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 factors that
determine the rate of weathering?

30

a. Climate and age
b. Type of rock and
age
c. Type of rock and
location
d. Type of rock and
climate.
30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What is the major agent of erosion?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Wind
Water
Ice
Gravity

0%
30

30

a.
0

b.

c.

d.

What force is responsible for
creating mass movement?
0%
0%
0%
0%

1.
2.
3.
4.

Ice
Wind
Gravity
water
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

When wind blows sand up around
an obstacle, it can create a:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Sand dune
Loess deposit
Moraine
30
mudslide

0%

a.

0 of 30

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The mixture of sediments
deposited by a glacier is called
loess.
1. True
2. False
30 Seconds
Remaining

0 of 30

0%
1

0%
2

What do we call the periods in
history in which Earth was covered
in glaciers?
a.
b.
c.
d.

0 of 30

Epochs
Bronze Age
Ice Age
Jurassic
period

0%

30

a.

b.

c.

d.

What are the 2 types of glaciers?
a. Valley and Arctic
b. Valley and
Mountain
c. Continental and
Arctic
d. Continental and
Valley
30

0%

0%

0%

0%

0 of 30
a.

b.

c.

d.


Slide 9

Weathering and Erosion
Review

Which of the following is not an example of
mechanical weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Actions of animals
Water
Abrasion
Freezing and
Thawing.
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 types of
weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Mechanical and
chemical
Mechanical and
kinetic
Chemical and
erosion
Erosion and
deposition.
30

0%
30 Seconds
Remaining

a.

0

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

The movement of rock particles by
ice, wind, water, or gravity is:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Weathering
Deposition
Abrasion
Erosion
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

True or False:
After chemical weathering, the
chemical make-up of the sediments
is the same as the original rock.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%
2

Which layer of soil has the greatest
amount of humus?
a. Horizon B;
subsoil
b. Horizon C;
weathered rock
c. Horizon A; topsoil
d. Bedrock
30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What type of soil conservation
plants crops along the curve of a
slope?

1. Contour farming
2. Conservation
plowing
3. Terracing
30 Seconds
4. Windbreaks
Remaining
30

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

What type of mass movement
causes a large chunk of Earth to
slip downhill in one large mass?

a.
b.
c.
d.

Landslide
Mudslide
Creep
Slump

30

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 processes by which
glaciers erode the land?
a. Deflation and
abrasion
b. Plucking and
Deflation
c. Plucking and
Abrasion
d. Deflation and
Deposition.

True or False
The stronger the wind, the larger
the sediments that can be moved.
1. True
2. False

Which of the following does not
influence the speed of running
water?
1. The shape of the
stream channel
2. The age of the
river.
3. The slope of the
river.
4. The amount of
water in a river.

What do we call the sediment that
is carried in a river?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Load
Till
Sediment
Dust

Freezing and thawing can weather
rocks through a process called:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Deposition
Ice wedging
Deflation
Plucking

A rock containing iron becomes soft
and crumbly as it begins to rust. It
has probably been chemically
weathered by:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Plants
Carbon dioxide
Oxygen
Acid Rain

What do we call the solid layer of
rock beneath all soil horizons?
0%
0%
0%
0%

a.
b.
c.
d.

Bedrock
Gravel
Subsoil
Granite

30

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0
0

The decayed organic material
found in topsoil is referred to as:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Silt
Litter
Humus
Clay

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

Why is soil considered to be a
valuable resource?
a. It is important to
all living things on
land.
b. It contains sand
and gravel.
c. It protects Earth’s
crust.
d. All of the above.

30

30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
00

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What event occurred in the 1930s
and was responsible for the
creation of soil conservation
techniques?
1. The great

30

depression
2. WW II
3. The advent of the
motorized plow
4. The Dust Bowl
30 Seconds
Remaining0%
0

1

0%
2

0%
3

0%
4

10

What is the order of Earth’s
destructive forces?

1. Deposition, erosion,
weathering.
2. Erosion, weathering,
deposition.
3. Weathering, erosion,
deposition.
4. Weathering,
deposition, erosion.

30

30

0%30 Seconds
0%

0%

0%

Remaining

0

1

0

2

3

4

Which soil particle is the largest?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Gravel
Sand
Clay
Silt

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining
0
0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
Weathering is the process by which
sediment is laid down in a new
location.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

30

10 Seconds
Remaining

0%
1

0
0

0%
2

Landslides, Mudflows, Creep, and
Slump are all examples of what
force?

1.
2.
3.
4.

runoff
soil formation
deflation
mass movement
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

Glaciers can only form when:

30

a. More snow falls than
melts
b. There is an ice age
c. The amount of snow
exceeds the amount
of rain.
d. None of the above.

30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What do we call the water that
moves over Earth’s surface?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Runoff
Watershed
Groundwater
Ice

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

A _________is a ridge of till left
behind by a glacier.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Kettle
Fiord
Moraine
Drumlin

0%

30

:30

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The process by which wind
removes surface materials is called
deflation
1. True
2. False
30

0%

30

0
1

2

Which of the following
30 characteristics influence the
percolation rate of a sediment?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Type of rock
Sediment size
Climate
The color of the
sediment.
0%

0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What characteristic of a material
describes the ability of water to
flow through that material?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Percolation rate
Porosity
Permeability
Deposition.
30

0%

0
a.

b.

c.

d.

Which soil conservation technique
helps to conserve soil by planting
bushes or trees along the edges of
a field to prevent wind erosion?

30

a.
b.
c.
d.

:30
Terracing
Windbreaks
Gully reclamation
Contour farming

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 factors that
determine the rate of weathering?

30

a. Climate and age
b. Type of rock and
age
c. Type of rock and
location
d. Type of rock and
climate.
30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What is the major agent of erosion?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Wind
Water
Ice
Gravity

0%
30

30

a.
0

b.

c.

d.

What force is responsible for
creating mass movement?
0%
0%
0%
0%

1.
2.
3.
4.

Ice
Wind
Gravity
water
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

When wind blows sand up around
an obstacle, it can create a:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Sand dune
Loess deposit
Moraine
30
mudslide

0%

a.

0 of 30

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The mixture of sediments
deposited by a glacier is called
loess.
1. True
2. False
30 Seconds
Remaining

0 of 30

0%
1

0%
2

What do we call the periods in
history in which Earth was covered
in glaciers?
a.
b.
c.
d.

0 of 30

Epochs
Bronze Age
Ice Age
Jurassic
period

0%

30

a.

b.

c.

d.

What are the 2 types of glaciers?
a. Valley and Arctic
b. Valley and
Mountain
c. Continental and
Arctic
d. Continental and
Valley
30

0%

0%

0%

0%

0 of 30
a.

b.

c.

d.


Slide 10

Weathering and Erosion
Review

Which of the following is not an example of
mechanical weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Actions of animals
Water
Abrasion
Freezing and
Thawing.
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 types of
weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Mechanical and
chemical
Mechanical and
kinetic
Chemical and
erosion
Erosion and
deposition.
30

0%
30 Seconds
Remaining

a.

0

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

The movement of rock particles by
ice, wind, water, or gravity is:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Weathering
Deposition
Abrasion
Erosion
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

True or False:
After chemical weathering, the
chemical make-up of the sediments
is the same as the original rock.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%
2

Which layer of soil has the greatest
amount of humus?
a. Horizon B;
subsoil
b. Horizon C;
weathered rock
c. Horizon A; topsoil
d. Bedrock
30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What type of soil conservation
plants crops along the curve of a
slope?

1. Contour farming
2. Conservation
plowing
3. Terracing
30 Seconds
4. Windbreaks
Remaining
30

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

What type of mass movement
causes a large chunk of Earth to
slip downhill in one large mass?

a.
b.
c.
d.

Landslide
Mudslide
Creep
Slump

30

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 processes by which
glaciers erode the land?
a. Deflation and
abrasion
b. Plucking and
Deflation
c. Plucking and
Abrasion
d. Deflation and
Deposition.

True or False
The stronger the wind, the larger
the sediments that can be moved.
1. True
2. False

Which of the following does not
influence the speed of running
water?
1. The shape of the
stream channel
2. The age of the
river.
3. The slope of the
river.
4. The amount of
water in a river.

What do we call the sediment that
is carried in a river?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Load
Till
Sediment
Dust

Freezing and thawing can weather
rocks through a process called:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Deposition
Ice wedging
Deflation
Plucking

A rock containing iron becomes soft
and crumbly as it begins to rust. It
has probably been chemically
weathered by:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Plants
Carbon dioxide
Oxygen
Acid Rain

What do we call the solid layer of
rock beneath all soil horizons?
0%
0%
0%
0%

a.
b.
c.
d.

Bedrock
Gravel
Subsoil
Granite

30

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0
0

The decayed organic material
found in topsoil is referred to as:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Silt
Litter
Humus
Clay

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

Why is soil considered to be a
valuable resource?
a. It is important to
all living things on
land.
b. It contains sand
and gravel.
c. It protects Earth’s
crust.
d. All of the above.

30

30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
00

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What event occurred in the 1930s
and was responsible for the
creation of soil conservation
techniques?
1. The great

30

depression
2. WW II
3. The advent of the
motorized plow
4. The Dust Bowl
30 Seconds
Remaining0%
0

1

0%
2

0%
3

0%
4

10

What is the order of Earth’s
destructive forces?

1. Deposition, erosion,
weathering.
2. Erosion, weathering,
deposition.
3. Weathering, erosion,
deposition.
4. Weathering,
deposition, erosion.

30

30

0%30 Seconds
0%

0%

0%

Remaining

0

1

0

2

3

4

Which soil particle is the largest?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Gravel
Sand
Clay
Silt

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining
0
0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
Weathering is the process by which
sediment is laid down in a new
location.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

30

10 Seconds
Remaining

0%
1

0
0

0%
2

Landslides, Mudflows, Creep, and
Slump are all examples of what
force?

1.
2.
3.
4.

runoff
soil formation
deflation
mass movement
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

Glaciers can only form when:

30

a. More snow falls than
melts
b. There is an ice age
c. The amount of snow
exceeds the amount
of rain.
d. None of the above.

30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What do we call the water that
moves over Earth’s surface?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Runoff
Watershed
Groundwater
Ice

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

A _________is a ridge of till left
behind by a glacier.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Kettle
Fiord
Moraine
Drumlin

0%

30

:30

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The process by which wind
removes surface materials is called
deflation
1. True
2. False
30

0%

30

0
1

2

Which of the following
30 characteristics influence the
percolation rate of a sediment?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Type of rock
Sediment size
Climate
The color of the
sediment.
0%

0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What characteristic of a material
describes the ability of water to
flow through that material?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Percolation rate
Porosity
Permeability
Deposition.
30

0%

0
a.

b.

c.

d.

Which soil conservation technique
helps to conserve soil by planting
bushes or trees along the edges of
a field to prevent wind erosion?

30

a.
b.
c.
d.

:30
Terracing
Windbreaks
Gully reclamation
Contour farming

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 factors that
determine the rate of weathering?

30

a. Climate and age
b. Type of rock and
age
c. Type of rock and
location
d. Type of rock and
climate.
30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What is the major agent of erosion?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Wind
Water
Ice
Gravity

0%
30

30

a.
0

b.

c.

d.

What force is responsible for
creating mass movement?
0%
0%
0%
0%

1.
2.
3.
4.

Ice
Wind
Gravity
water
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

When wind blows sand up around
an obstacle, it can create a:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Sand dune
Loess deposit
Moraine
30
mudslide

0%

a.

0 of 30

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The mixture of sediments
deposited by a glacier is called
loess.
1. True
2. False
30 Seconds
Remaining

0 of 30

0%
1

0%
2

What do we call the periods in
history in which Earth was covered
in glaciers?
a.
b.
c.
d.

0 of 30

Epochs
Bronze Age
Ice Age
Jurassic
period

0%

30

a.

b.

c.

d.

What are the 2 types of glaciers?
a. Valley and Arctic
b. Valley and
Mountain
c. Continental and
Arctic
d. Continental and
Valley
30

0%

0%

0%

0%

0 of 30
a.

b.

c.

d.


Slide 11

Weathering and Erosion
Review

Which of the following is not an example of
mechanical weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Actions of animals
Water
Abrasion
Freezing and
Thawing.
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 types of
weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Mechanical and
chemical
Mechanical and
kinetic
Chemical and
erosion
Erosion and
deposition.
30

0%
30 Seconds
Remaining

a.

0

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

The movement of rock particles by
ice, wind, water, or gravity is:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Weathering
Deposition
Abrasion
Erosion
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

True or False:
After chemical weathering, the
chemical make-up of the sediments
is the same as the original rock.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%
2

Which layer of soil has the greatest
amount of humus?
a. Horizon B;
subsoil
b. Horizon C;
weathered rock
c. Horizon A; topsoil
d. Bedrock
30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What type of soil conservation
plants crops along the curve of a
slope?

1. Contour farming
2. Conservation
plowing
3. Terracing
30 Seconds
4. Windbreaks
Remaining
30

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

What type of mass movement
causes a large chunk of Earth to
slip downhill in one large mass?

a.
b.
c.
d.

Landslide
Mudslide
Creep
Slump

30

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 processes by which
glaciers erode the land?
a. Deflation and
abrasion
b. Plucking and
Deflation
c. Plucking and
Abrasion
d. Deflation and
Deposition.

True or False
The stronger the wind, the larger
the sediments that can be moved.
1. True
2. False

Which of the following does not
influence the speed of running
water?
1. The shape of the
stream channel
2. The age of the
river.
3. The slope of the
river.
4. The amount of
water in a river.

What do we call the sediment that
is carried in a river?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Load
Till
Sediment
Dust

Freezing and thawing can weather
rocks through a process called:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Deposition
Ice wedging
Deflation
Plucking

A rock containing iron becomes soft
and crumbly as it begins to rust. It
has probably been chemically
weathered by:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Plants
Carbon dioxide
Oxygen
Acid Rain

What do we call the solid layer of
rock beneath all soil horizons?
0%
0%
0%
0%

a.
b.
c.
d.

Bedrock
Gravel
Subsoil
Granite

30

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0
0

The decayed organic material
found in topsoil is referred to as:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Silt
Litter
Humus
Clay

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

Why is soil considered to be a
valuable resource?
a. It is important to
all living things on
land.
b. It contains sand
and gravel.
c. It protects Earth’s
crust.
d. All of the above.

30

30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
00

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What event occurred in the 1930s
and was responsible for the
creation of soil conservation
techniques?
1. The great

30

depression
2. WW II
3. The advent of the
motorized plow
4. The Dust Bowl
30 Seconds
Remaining0%
0

1

0%
2

0%
3

0%
4

10

What is the order of Earth’s
destructive forces?

1. Deposition, erosion,
weathering.
2. Erosion, weathering,
deposition.
3. Weathering, erosion,
deposition.
4. Weathering,
deposition, erosion.

30

30

0%30 Seconds
0%

0%

0%

Remaining

0

1

0

2

3

4

Which soil particle is the largest?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Gravel
Sand
Clay
Silt

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining
0
0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
Weathering is the process by which
sediment is laid down in a new
location.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

30

10 Seconds
Remaining

0%
1

0
0

0%
2

Landslides, Mudflows, Creep, and
Slump are all examples of what
force?

1.
2.
3.
4.

runoff
soil formation
deflation
mass movement
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

Glaciers can only form when:

30

a. More snow falls than
melts
b. There is an ice age
c. The amount of snow
exceeds the amount
of rain.
d. None of the above.

30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What do we call the water that
moves over Earth’s surface?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Runoff
Watershed
Groundwater
Ice

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

A _________is a ridge of till left
behind by a glacier.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Kettle
Fiord
Moraine
Drumlin

0%

30

:30

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The process by which wind
removes surface materials is called
deflation
1. True
2. False
30

0%

30

0
1

2

Which of the following
30 characteristics influence the
percolation rate of a sediment?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Type of rock
Sediment size
Climate
The color of the
sediment.
0%

0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What characteristic of a material
describes the ability of water to
flow through that material?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Percolation rate
Porosity
Permeability
Deposition.
30

0%

0
a.

b.

c.

d.

Which soil conservation technique
helps to conserve soil by planting
bushes or trees along the edges of
a field to prevent wind erosion?

30

a.
b.
c.
d.

:30
Terracing
Windbreaks
Gully reclamation
Contour farming

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 factors that
determine the rate of weathering?

30

a. Climate and age
b. Type of rock and
age
c. Type of rock and
location
d. Type of rock and
climate.
30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What is the major agent of erosion?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Wind
Water
Ice
Gravity

0%
30

30

a.
0

b.

c.

d.

What force is responsible for
creating mass movement?
0%
0%
0%
0%

1.
2.
3.
4.

Ice
Wind
Gravity
water
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

When wind blows sand up around
an obstacle, it can create a:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Sand dune
Loess deposit
Moraine
30
mudslide

0%

a.

0 of 30

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The mixture of sediments
deposited by a glacier is called
loess.
1. True
2. False
30 Seconds
Remaining

0 of 30

0%
1

0%
2

What do we call the periods in
history in which Earth was covered
in glaciers?
a.
b.
c.
d.

0 of 30

Epochs
Bronze Age
Ice Age
Jurassic
period

0%

30

a.

b.

c.

d.

What are the 2 types of glaciers?
a. Valley and Arctic
b. Valley and
Mountain
c. Continental and
Arctic
d. Continental and
Valley
30

0%

0%

0%

0%

0 of 30
a.

b.

c.

d.


Slide 12

Weathering and Erosion
Review

Which of the following is not an example of
mechanical weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Actions of animals
Water
Abrasion
Freezing and
Thawing.
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 types of
weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Mechanical and
chemical
Mechanical and
kinetic
Chemical and
erosion
Erosion and
deposition.
30

0%
30 Seconds
Remaining

a.

0

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

The movement of rock particles by
ice, wind, water, or gravity is:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Weathering
Deposition
Abrasion
Erosion
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

True or False:
After chemical weathering, the
chemical make-up of the sediments
is the same as the original rock.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%
2

Which layer of soil has the greatest
amount of humus?
a. Horizon B;
subsoil
b. Horizon C;
weathered rock
c. Horizon A; topsoil
d. Bedrock
30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What type of soil conservation
plants crops along the curve of a
slope?

1. Contour farming
2. Conservation
plowing
3. Terracing
30 Seconds
4. Windbreaks
Remaining
30

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

What type of mass movement
causes a large chunk of Earth to
slip downhill in one large mass?

a.
b.
c.
d.

Landslide
Mudslide
Creep
Slump

30

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 processes by which
glaciers erode the land?
a. Deflation and
abrasion
b. Plucking and
Deflation
c. Plucking and
Abrasion
d. Deflation and
Deposition.

True or False
The stronger the wind, the larger
the sediments that can be moved.
1. True
2. False

Which of the following does not
influence the speed of running
water?
1. The shape of the
stream channel
2. The age of the
river.
3. The slope of the
river.
4. The amount of
water in a river.

What do we call the sediment that
is carried in a river?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Load
Till
Sediment
Dust

Freezing and thawing can weather
rocks through a process called:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Deposition
Ice wedging
Deflation
Plucking

A rock containing iron becomes soft
and crumbly as it begins to rust. It
has probably been chemically
weathered by:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Plants
Carbon dioxide
Oxygen
Acid Rain

What do we call the solid layer of
rock beneath all soil horizons?
0%
0%
0%
0%

a.
b.
c.
d.

Bedrock
Gravel
Subsoil
Granite

30

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0
0

The decayed organic material
found in topsoil is referred to as:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Silt
Litter
Humus
Clay

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

Why is soil considered to be a
valuable resource?
a. It is important to
all living things on
land.
b. It contains sand
and gravel.
c. It protects Earth’s
crust.
d. All of the above.

30

30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
00

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What event occurred in the 1930s
and was responsible for the
creation of soil conservation
techniques?
1. The great

30

depression
2. WW II
3. The advent of the
motorized plow
4. The Dust Bowl
30 Seconds
Remaining0%
0

1

0%
2

0%
3

0%
4

10

What is the order of Earth’s
destructive forces?

1. Deposition, erosion,
weathering.
2. Erosion, weathering,
deposition.
3. Weathering, erosion,
deposition.
4. Weathering,
deposition, erosion.

30

30

0%30 Seconds
0%

0%

0%

Remaining

0

1

0

2

3

4

Which soil particle is the largest?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Gravel
Sand
Clay
Silt

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining
0
0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
Weathering is the process by which
sediment is laid down in a new
location.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

30

10 Seconds
Remaining

0%
1

0
0

0%
2

Landslides, Mudflows, Creep, and
Slump are all examples of what
force?

1.
2.
3.
4.

runoff
soil formation
deflation
mass movement
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

Glaciers can only form when:

30

a. More snow falls than
melts
b. There is an ice age
c. The amount of snow
exceeds the amount
of rain.
d. None of the above.

30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What do we call the water that
moves over Earth’s surface?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Runoff
Watershed
Groundwater
Ice

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

A _________is a ridge of till left
behind by a glacier.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Kettle
Fiord
Moraine
Drumlin

0%

30

:30

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The process by which wind
removes surface materials is called
deflation
1. True
2. False
30

0%

30

0
1

2

Which of the following
30 characteristics influence the
percolation rate of a sediment?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Type of rock
Sediment size
Climate
The color of the
sediment.
0%

0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What characteristic of a material
describes the ability of water to
flow through that material?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Percolation rate
Porosity
Permeability
Deposition.
30

0%

0
a.

b.

c.

d.

Which soil conservation technique
helps to conserve soil by planting
bushes or trees along the edges of
a field to prevent wind erosion?

30

a.
b.
c.
d.

:30
Terracing
Windbreaks
Gully reclamation
Contour farming

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 factors that
determine the rate of weathering?

30

a. Climate and age
b. Type of rock and
age
c. Type of rock and
location
d. Type of rock and
climate.
30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What is the major agent of erosion?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Wind
Water
Ice
Gravity

0%
30

30

a.
0

b.

c.

d.

What force is responsible for
creating mass movement?
0%
0%
0%
0%

1.
2.
3.
4.

Ice
Wind
Gravity
water
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

When wind blows sand up around
an obstacle, it can create a:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Sand dune
Loess deposit
Moraine
30
mudslide

0%

a.

0 of 30

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The mixture of sediments
deposited by a glacier is called
loess.
1. True
2. False
30 Seconds
Remaining

0 of 30

0%
1

0%
2

What do we call the periods in
history in which Earth was covered
in glaciers?
a.
b.
c.
d.

0 of 30

Epochs
Bronze Age
Ice Age
Jurassic
period

0%

30

a.

b.

c.

d.

What are the 2 types of glaciers?
a. Valley and Arctic
b. Valley and
Mountain
c. Continental and
Arctic
d. Continental and
Valley
30

0%

0%

0%

0%

0 of 30
a.

b.

c.

d.


Slide 13

Weathering and Erosion
Review

Which of the following is not an example of
mechanical weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Actions of animals
Water
Abrasion
Freezing and
Thawing.
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 types of
weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Mechanical and
chemical
Mechanical and
kinetic
Chemical and
erosion
Erosion and
deposition.
30

0%
30 Seconds
Remaining

a.

0

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

The movement of rock particles by
ice, wind, water, or gravity is:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Weathering
Deposition
Abrasion
Erosion
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

True or False:
After chemical weathering, the
chemical make-up of the sediments
is the same as the original rock.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%
2

Which layer of soil has the greatest
amount of humus?
a. Horizon B;
subsoil
b. Horizon C;
weathered rock
c. Horizon A; topsoil
d. Bedrock
30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What type of soil conservation
plants crops along the curve of a
slope?

1. Contour farming
2. Conservation
plowing
3. Terracing
30 Seconds
4. Windbreaks
Remaining
30

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

What type of mass movement
causes a large chunk of Earth to
slip downhill in one large mass?

a.
b.
c.
d.

Landslide
Mudslide
Creep
Slump

30

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 processes by which
glaciers erode the land?
a. Deflation and
abrasion
b. Plucking and
Deflation
c. Plucking and
Abrasion
d. Deflation and
Deposition.

True or False
The stronger the wind, the larger
the sediments that can be moved.
1. True
2. False

Which of the following does not
influence the speed of running
water?
1. The shape of the
stream channel
2. The age of the
river.
3. The slope of the
river.
4. The amount of
water in a river.

What do we call the sediment that
is carried in a river?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Load
Till
Sediment
Dust

Freezing and thawing can weather
rocks through a process called:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Deposition
Ice wedging
Deflation
Plucking

A rock containing iron becomes soft
and crumbly as it begins to rust. It
has probably been chemically
weathered by:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Plants
Carbon dioxide
Oxygen
Acid Rain

What do we call the solid layer of
rock beneath all soil horizons?
0%
0%
0%
0%

a.
b.
c.
d.

Bedrock
Gravel
Subsoil
Granite

30

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0
0

The decayed organic material
found in topsoil is referred to as:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Silt
Litter
Humus
Clay

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

Why is soil considered to be a
valuable resource?
a. It is important to
all living things on
land.
b. It contains sand
and gravel.
c. It protects Earth’s
crust.
d. All of the above.

30

30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
00

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What event occurred in the 1930s
and was responsible for the
creation of soil conservation
techniques?
1. The great

30

depression
2. WW II
3. The advent of the
motorized plow
4. The Dust Bowl
30 Seconds
Remaining0%
0

1

0%
2

0%
3

0%
4

10

What is the order of Earth’s
destructive forces?

1. Deposition, erosion,
weathering.
2. Erosion, weathering,
deposition.
3. Weathering, erosion,
deposition.
4. Weathering,
deposition, erosion.

30

30

0%30 Seconds
0%

0%

0%

Remaining

0

1

0

2

3

4

Which soil particle is the largest?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Gravel
Sand
Clay
Silt

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining
0
0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
Weathering is the process by which
sediment is laid down in a new
location.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

30

10 Seconds
Remaining

0%
1

0
0

0%
2

Landslides, Mudflows, Creep, and
Slump are all examples of what
force?

1.
2.
3.
4.

runoff
soil formation
deflation
mass movement
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

Glaciers can only form when:

30

a. More snow falls than
melts
b. There is an ice age
c. The amount of snow
exceeds the amount
of rain.
d. None of the above.

30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What do we call the water that
moves over Earth’s surface?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Runoff
Watershed
Groundwater
Ice

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

A _________is a ridge of till left
behind by a glacier.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Kettle
Fiord
Moraine
Drumlin

0%

30

:30

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The process by which wind
removes surface materials is called
deflation
1. True
2. False
30

0%

30

0
1

2

Which of the following
30 characteristics influence the
percolation rate of a sediment?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Type of rock
Sediment size
Climate
The color of the
sediment.
0%

0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What characteristic of a material
describes the ability of water to
flow through that material?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Percolation rate
Porosity
Permeability
Deposition.
30

0%

0
a.

b.

c.

d.

Which soil conservation technique
helps to conserve soil by planting
bushes or trees along the edges of
a field to prevent wind erosion?

30

a.
b.
c.
d.

:30
Terracing
Windbreaks
Gully reclamation
Contour farming

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 factors that
determine the rate of weathering?

30

a. Climate and age
b. Type of rock and
age
c. Type of rock and
location
d. Type of rock and
climate.
30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What is the major agent of erosion?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Wind
Water
Ice
Gravity

0%
30

30

a.
0

b.

c.

d.

What force is responsible for
creating mass movement?
0%
0%
0%
0%

1.
2.
3.
4.

Ice
Wind
Gravity
water
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

When wind blows sand up around
an obstacle, it can create a:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Sand dune
Loess deposit
Moraine
30
mudslide

0%

a.

0 of 30

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The mixture of sediments
deposited by a glacier is called
loess.
1. True
2. False
30 Seconds
Remaining

0 of 30

0%
1

0%
2

What do we call the periods in
history in which Earth was covered
in glaciers?
a.
b.
c.
d.

0 of 30

Epochs
Bronze Age
Ice Age
Jurassic
period

0%

30

a.

b.

c.

d.

What are the 2 types of glaciers?
a. Valley and Arctic
b. Valley and
Mountain
c. Continental and
Arctic
d. Continental and
Valley
30

0%

0%

0%

0%

0 of 30
a.

b.

c.

d.


Slide 14

Weathering and Erosion
Review

Which of the following is not an example of
mechanical weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Actions of animals
Water
Abrasion
Freezing and
Thawing.
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 types of
weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Mechanical and
chemical
Mechanical and
kinetic
Chemical and
erosion
Erosion and
deposition.
30

0%
30 Seconds
Remaining

a.

0

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

The movement of rock particles by
ice, wind, water, or gravity is:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Weathering
Deposition
Abrasion
Erosion
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

True or False:
After chemical weathering, the
chemical make-up of the sediments
is the same as the original rock.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%
2

Which layer of soil has the greatest
amount of humus?
a. Horizon B;
subsoil
b. Horizon C;
weathered rock
c. Horizon A; topsoil
d. Bedrock
30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What type of soil conservation
plants crops along the curve of a
slope?

1. Contour farming
2. Conservation
plowing
3. Terracing
30 Seconds
4. Windbreaks
Remaining
30

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

What type of mass movement
causes a large chunk of Earth to
slip downhill in one large mass?

a.
b.
c.
d.

Landslide
Mudslide
Creep
Slump

30

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 processes by which
glaciers erode the land?
a. Deflation and
abrasion
b. Plucking and
Deflation
c. Plucking and
Abrasion
d. Deflation and
Deposition.

True or False
The stronger the wind, the larger
the sediments that can be moved.
1. True
2. False

Which of the following does not
influence the speed of running
water?
1. The shape of the
stream channel
2. The age of the
river.
3. The slope of the
river.
4. The amount of
water in a river.

What do we call the sediment that
is carried in a river?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Load
Till
Sediment
Dust

Freezing and thawing can weather
rocks through a process called:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Deposition
Ice wedging
Deflation
Plucking

A rock containing iron becomes soft
and crumbly as it begins to rust. It
has probably been chemically
weathered by:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Plants
Carbon dioxide
Oxygen
Acid Rain

What do we call the solid layer of
rock beneath all soil horizons?
0%
0%
0%
0%

a.
b.
c.
d.

Bedrock
Gravel
Subsoil
Granite

30

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0
0

The decayed organic material
found in topsoil is referred to as:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Silt
Litter
Humus
Clay

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

Why is soil considered to be a
valuable resource?
a. It is important to
all living things on
land.
b. It contains sand
and gravel.
c. It protects Earth’s
crust.
d. All of the above.

30

30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
00

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What event occurred in the 1930s
and was responsible for the
creation of soil conservation
techniques?
1. The great

30

depression
2. WW II
3. The advent of the
motorized plow
4. The Dust Bowl
30 Seconds
Remaining0%
0

1

0%
2

0%
3

0%
4

10

What is the order of Earth’s
destructive forces?

1. Deposition, erosion,
weathering.
2. Erosion, weathering,
deposition.
3. Weathering, erosion,
deposition.
4. Weathering,
deposition, erosion.

30

30

0%30 Seconds
0%

0%

0%

Remaining

0

1

0

2

3

4

Which soil particle is the largest?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Gravel
Sand
Clay
Silt

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining
0
0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
Weathering is the process by which
sediment is laid down in a new
location.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

30

10 Seconds
Remaining

0%
1

0
0

0%
2

Landslides, Mudflows, Creep, and
Slump are all examples of what
force?

1.
2.
3.
4.

runoff
soil formation
deflation
mass movement
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

Glaciers can only form when:

30

a. More snow falls than
melts
b. There is an ice age
c. The amount of snow
exceeds the amount
of rain.
d. None of the above.

30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What do we call the water that
moves over Earth’s surface?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Runoff
Watershed
Groundwater
Ice

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

A _________is a ridge of till left
behind by a glacier.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Kettle
Fiord
Moraine
Drumlin

0%

30

:30

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The process by which wind
removes surface materials is called
deflation
1. True
2. False
30

0%

30

0
1

2

Which of the following
30 characteristics influence the
percolation rate of a sediment?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Type of rock
Sediment size
Climate
The color of the
sediment.
0%

0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What characteristic of a material
describes the ability of water to
flow through that material?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Percolation rate
Porosity
Permeability
Deposition.
30

0%

0
a.

b.

c.

d.

Which soil conservation technique
helps to conserve soil by planting
bushes or trees along the edges of
a field to prevent wind erosion?

30

a.
b.
c.
d.

:30
Terracing
Windbreaks
Gully reclamation
Contour farming

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 factors that
determine the rate of weathering?

30

a. Climate and age
b. Type of rock and
age
c. Type of rock and
location
d. Type of rock and
climate.
30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What is the major agent of erosion?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Wind
Water
Ice
Gravity

0%
30

30

a.
0

b.

c.

d.

What force is responsible for
creating mass movement?
0%
0%
0%
0%

1.
2.
3.
4.

Ice
Wind
Gravity
water
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

When wind blows sand up around
an obstacle, it can create a:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Sand dune
Loess deposit
Moraine
30
mudslide

0%

a.

0 of 30

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The mixture of sediments
deposited by a glacier is called
loess.
1. True
2. False
30 Seconds
Remaining

0 of 30

0%
1

0%
2

What do we call the periods in
history in which Earth was covered
in glaciers?
a.
b.
c.
d.

0 of 30

Epochs
Bronze Age
Ice Age
Jurassic
period

0%

30

a.

b.

c.

d.

What are the 2 types of glaciers?
a. Valley and Arctic
b. Valley and
Mountain
c. Continental and
Arctic
d. Continental and
Valley
30

0%

0%

0%

0%

0 of 30
a.

b.

c.

d.


Slide 15

Weathering and Erosion
Review

Which of the following is not an example of
mechanical weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Actions of animals
Water
Abrasion
Freezing and
Thawing.
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 types of
weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Mechanical and
chemical
Mechanical and
kinetic
Chemical and
erosion
Erosion and
deposition.
30

0%
30 Seconds
Remaining

a.

0

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

The movement of rock particles by
ice, wind, water, or gravity is:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Weathering
Deposition
Abrasion
Erosion
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

True or False:
After chemical weathering, the
chemical make-up of the sediments
is the same as the original rock.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%
2

Which layer of soil has the greatest
amount of humus?
a. Horizon B;
subsoil
b. Horizon C;
weathered rock
c. Horizon A; topsoil
d. Bedrock
30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What type of soil conservation
plants crops along the curve of a
slope?

1. Contour farming
2. Conservation
plowing
3. Terracing
30 Seconds
4. Windbreaks
Remaining
30

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

What type of mass movement
causes a large chunk of Earth to
slip downhill in one large mass?

a.
b.
c.
d.

Landslide
Mudslide
Creep
Slump

30

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 processes by which
glaciers erode the land?
a. Deflation and
abrasion
b. Plucking and
Deflation
c. Plucking and
Abrasion
d. Deflation and
Deposition.

True or False
The stronger the wind, the larger
the sediments that can be moved.
1. True
2. False

Which of the following does not
influence the speed of running
water?
1. The shape of the
stream channel
2. The age of the
river.
3. The slope of the
river.
4. The amount of
water in a river.

What do we call the sediment that
is carried in a river?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Load
Till
Sediment
Dust

Freezing and thawing can weather
rocks through a process called:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Deposition
Ice wedging
Deflation
Plucking

A rock containing iron becomes soft
and crumbly as it begins to rust. It
has probably been chemically
weathered by:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Plants
Carbon dioxide
Oxygen
Acid Rain

What do we call the solid layer of
rock beneath all soil horizons?
0%
0%
0%
0%

a.
b.
c.
d.

Bedrock
Gravel
Subsoil
Granite

30

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0
0

The decayed organic material
found in topsoil is referred to as:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Silt
Litter
Humus
Clay

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

Why is soil considered to be a
valuable resource?
a. It is important to
all living things on
land.
b. It contains sand
and gravel.
c. It protects Earth’s
crust.
d. All of the above.

30

30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
00

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What event occurred in the 1930s
and was responsible for the
creation of soil conservation
techniques?
1. The great

30

depression
2. WW II
3. The advent of the
motorized plow
4. The Dust Bowl
30 Seconds
Remaining0%
0

1

0%
2

0%
3

0%
4

10

What is the order of Earth’s
destructive forces?

1. Deposition, erosion,
weathering.
2. Erosion, weathering,
deposition.
3. Weathering, erosion,
deposition.
4. Weathering,
deposition, erosion.

30

30

0%30 Seconds
0%

0%

0%

Remaining

0

1

0

2

3

4

Which soil particle is the largest?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Gravel
Sand
Clay
Silt

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining
0
0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
Weathering is the process by which
sediment is laid down in a new
location.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

30

10 Seconds
Remaining

0%
1

0
0

0%
2

Landslides, Mudflows, Creep, and
Slump are all examples of what
force?

1.
2.
3.
4.

runoff
soil formation
deflation
mass movement
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

Glaciers can only form when:

30

a. More snow falls than
melts
b. There is an ice age
c. The amount of snow
exceeds the amount
of rain.
d. None of the above.

30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What do we call the water that
moves over Earth’s surface?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Runoff
Watershed
Groundwater
Ice

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

A _________is a ridge of till left
behind by a glacier.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Kettle
Fiord
Moraine
Drumlin

0%

30

:30

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The process by which wind
removes surface materials is called
deflation
1. True
2. False
30

0%

30

0
1

2

Which of the following
30 characteristics influence the
percolation rate of a sediment?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Type of rock
Sediment size
Climate
The color of the
sediment.
0%

0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What characteristic of a material
describes the ability of water to
flow through that material?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Percolation rate
Porosity
Permeability
Deposition.
30

0%

0
a.

b.

c.

d.

Which soil conservation technique
helps to conserve soil by planting
bushes or trees along the edges of
a field to prevent wind erosion?

30

a.
b.
c.
d.

:30
Terracing
Windbreaks
Gully reclamation
Contour farming

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 factors that
determine the rate of weathering?

30

a. Climate and age
b. Type of rock and
age
c. Type of rock and
location
d. Type of rock and
climate.
30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What is the major agent of erosion?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Wind
Water
Ice
Gravity

0%
30

30

a.
0

b.

c.

d.

What force is responsible for
creating mass movement?
0%
0%
0%
0%

1.
2.
3.
4.

Ice
Wind
Gravity
water
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

When wind blows sand up around
an obstacle, it can create a:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Sand dune
Loess deposit
Moraine
30
mudslide

0%

a.

0 of 30

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The mixture of sediments
deposited by a glacier is called
loess.
1. True
2. False
30 Seconds
Remaining

0 of 30

0%
1

0%
2

What do we call the periods in
history in which Earth was covered
in glaciers?
a.
b.
c.
d.

0 of 30

Epochs
Bronze Age
Ice Age
Jurassic
period

0%

30

a.

b.

c.

d.

What are the 2 types of glaciers?
a. Valley and Arctic
b. Valley and
Mountain
c. Continental and
Arctic
d. Continental and
Valley
30

0%

0%

0%

0%

0 of 30
a.

b.

c.

d.


Slide 16

Weathering and Erosion
Review

Which of the following is not an example of
mechanical weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Actions of animals
Water
Abrasion
Freezing and
Thawing.
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 types of
weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Mechanical and
chemical
Mechanical and
kinetic
Chemical and
erosion
Erosion and
deposition.
30

0%
30 Seconds
Remaining

a.

0

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

The movement of rock particles by
ice, wind, water, or gravity is:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Weathering
Deposition
Abrasion
Erosion
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

True or False:
After chemical weathering, the
chemical make-up of the sediments
is the same as the original rock.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%
2

Which layer of soil has the greatest
amount of humus?
a. Horizon B;
subsoil
b. Horizon C;
weathered rock
c. Horizon A; topsoil
d. Bedrock
30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What type of soil conservation
plants crops along the curve of a
slope?

1. Contour farming
2. Conservation
plowing
3. Terracing
30 Seconds
4. Windbreaks
Remaining
30

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

What type of mass movement
causes a large chunk of Earth to
slip downhill in one large mass?

a.
b.
c.
d.

Landslide
Mudslide
Creep
Slump

30

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 processes by which
glaciers erode the land?
a. Deflation and
abrasion
b. Plucking and
Deflation
c. Plucking and
Abrasion
d. Deflation and
Deposition.

True or False
The stronger the wind, the larger
the sediments that can be moved.
1. True
2. False

Which of the following does not
influence the speed of running
water?
1. The shape of the
stream channel
2. The age of the
river.
3. The slope of the
river.
4. The amount of
water in a river.

What do we call the sediment that
is carried in a river?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Load
Till
Sediment
Dust

Freezing and thawing can weather
rocks through a process called:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Deposition
Ice wedging
Deflation
Plucking

A rock containing iron becomes soft
and crumbly as it begins to rust. It
has probably been chemically
weathered by:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Plants
Carbon dioxide
Oxygen
Acid Rain

What do we call the solid layer of
rock beneath all soil horizons?
0%
0%
0%
0%

a.
b.
c.
d.

Bedrock
Gravel
Subsoil
Granite

30

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0
0

The decayed organic material
found in topsoil is referred to as:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Silt
Litter
Humus
Clay

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

Why is soil considered to be a
valuable resource?
a. It is important to
all living things on
land.
b. It contains sand
and gravel.
c. It protects Earth’s
crust.
d. All of the above.

30

30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
00

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What event occurred in the 1930s
and was responsible for the
creation of soil conservation
techniques?
1. The great

30

depression
2. WW II
3. The advent of the
motorized plow
4. The Dust Bowl
30 Seconds
Remaining0%
0

1

0%
2

0%
3

0%
4

10

What is the order of Earth’s
destructive forces?

1. Deposition, erosion,
weathering.
2. Erosion, weathering,
deposition.
3. Weathering, erosion,
deposition.
4. Weathering,
deposition, erosion.

30

30

0%30 Seconds
0%

0%

0%

Remaining

0

1

0

2

3

4

Which soil particle is the largest?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Gravel
Sand
Clay
Silt

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining
0
0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
Weathering is the process by which
sediment is laid down in a new
location.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

30

10 Seconds
Remaining

0%
1

0
0

0%
2

Landslides, Mudflows, Creep, and
Slump are all examples of what
force?

1.
2.
3.
4.

runoff
soil formation
deflation
mass movement
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

Glaciers can only form when:

30

a. More snow falls than
melts
b. There is an ice age
c. The amount of snow
exceeds the amount
of rain.
d. None of the above.

30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What do we call the water that
moves over Earth’s surface?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Runoff
Watershed
Groundwater
Ice

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

A _________is a ridge of till left
behind by a glacier.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Kettle
Fiord
Moraine
Drumlin

0%

30

:30

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The process by which wind
removes surface materials is called
deflation
1. True
2. False
30

0%

30

0
1

2

Which of the following
30 characteristics influence the
percolation rate of a sediment?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Type of rock
Sediment size
Climate
The color of the
sediment.
0%

0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What characteristic of a material
describes the ability of water to
flow through that material?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Percolation rate
Porosity
Permeability
Deposition.
30

0%

0
a.

b.

c.

d.

Which soil conservation technique
helps to conserve soil by planting
bushes or trees along the edges of
a field to prevent wind erosion?

30

a.
b.
c.
d.

:30
Terracing
Windbreaks
Gully reclamation
Contour farming

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 factors that
determine the rate of weathering?

30

a. Climate and age
b. Type of rock and
age
c. Type of rock and
location
d. Type of rock and
climate.
30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What is the major agent of erosion?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Wind
Water
Ice
Gravity

0%
30

30

a.
0

b.

c.

d.

What force is responsible for
creating mass movement?
0%
0%
0%
0%

1.
2.
3.
4.

Ice
Wind
Gravity
water
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

When wind blows sand up around
an obstacle, it can create a:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Sand dune
Loess deposit
Moraine
30
mudslide

0%

a.

0 of 30

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The mixture of sediments
deposited by a glacier is called
loess.
1. True
2. False
30 Seconds
Remaining

0 of 30

0%
1

0%
2

What do we call the periods in
history in which Earth was covered
in glaciers?
a.
b.
c.
d.

0 of 30

Epochs
Bronze Age
Ice Age
Jurassic
period

0%

30

a.

b.

c.

d.

What are the 2 types of glaciers?
a. Valley and Arctic
b. Valley and
Mountain
c. Continental and
Arctic
d. Continental and
Valley
30

0%

0%

0%

0%

0 of 30
a.

b.

c.

d.


Slide 17

Weathering and Erosion
Review

Which of the following is not an example of
mechanical weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Actions of animals
Water
Abrasion
Freezing and
Thawing.
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 types of
weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Mechanical and
chemical
Mechanical and
kinetic
Chemical and
erosion
Erosion and
deposition.
30

0%
30 Seconds
Remaining

a.

0

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

The movement of rock particles by
ice, wind, water, or gravity is:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Weathering
Deposition
Abrasion
Erosion
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

True or False:
After chemical weathering, the
chemical make-up of the sediments
is the same as the original rock.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%
2

Which layer of soil has the greatest
amount of humus?
a. Horizon B;
subsoil
b. Horizon C;
weathered rock
c. Horizon A; topsoil
d. Bedrock
30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What type of soil conservation
plants crops along the curve of a
slope?

1. Contour farming
2. Conservation
plowing
3. Terracing
30 Seconds
4. Windbreaks
Remaining
30

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

What type of mass movement
causes a large chunk of Earth to
slip downhill in one large mass?

a.
b.
c.
d.

Landslide
Mudslide
Creep
Slump

30

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 processes by which
glaciers erode the land?
a. Deflation and
abrasion
b. Plucking and
Deflation
c. Plucking and
Abrasion
d. Deflation and
Deposition.

True or False
The stronger the wind, the larger
the sediments that can be moved.
1. True
2. False

Which of the following does not
influence the speed of running
water?
1. The shape of the
stream channel
2. The age of the
river.
3. The slope of the
river.
4. The amount of
water in a river.

What do we call the sediment that
is carried in a river?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Load
Till
Sediment
Dust

Freezing and thawing can weather
rocks through a process called:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Deposition
Ice wedging
Deflation
Plucking

A rock containing iron becomes soft
and crumbly as it begins to rust. It
has probably been chemically
weathered by:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Plants
Carbon dioxide
Oxygen
Acid Rain

What do we call the solid layer of
rock beneath all soil horizons?
0%
0%
0%
0%

a.
b.
c.
d.

Bedrock
Gravel
Subsoil
Granite

30

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0
0

The decayed organic material
found in topsoil is referred to as:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Silt
Litter
Humus
Clay

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

Why is soil considered to be a
valuable resource?
a. It is important to
all living things on
land.
b. It contains sand
and gravel.
c. It protects Earth’s
crust.
d. All of the above.

30

30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
00

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What event occurred in the 1930s
and was responsible for the
creation of soil conservation
techniques?
1. The great

30

depression
2. WW II
3. The advent of the
motorized plow
4. The Dust Bowl
30 Seconds
Remaining0%
0

1

0%
2

0%
3

0%
4

10

What is the order of Earth’s
destructive forces?

1. Deposition, erosion,
weathering.
2. Erosion, weathering,
deposition.
3. Weathering, erosion,
deposition.
4. Weathering,
deposition, erosion.

30

30

0%30 Seconds
0%

0%

0%

Remaining

0

1

0

2

3

4

Which soil particle is the largest?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Gravel
Sand
Clay
Silt

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining
0
0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
Weathering is the process by which
sediment is laid down in a new
location.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

30

10 Seconds
Remaining

0%
1

0
0

0%
2

Landslides, Mudflows, Creep, and
Slump are all examples of what
force?

1.
2.
3.
4.

runoff
soil formation
deflation
mass movement
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

Glaciers can only form when:

30

a. More snow falls than
melts
b. There is an ice age
c. The amount of snow
exceeds the amount
of rain.
d. None of the above.

30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What do we call the water that
moves over Earth’s surface?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Runoff
Watershed
Groundwater
Ice

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

A _________is a ridge of till left
behind by a glacier.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Kettle
Fiord
Moraine
Drumlin

0%

30

:30

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The process by which wind
removes surface materials is called
deflation
1. True
2. False
30

0%

30

0
1

2

Which of the following
30 characteristics influence the
percolation rate of a sediment?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Type of rock
Sediment size
Climate
The color of the
sediment.
0%

0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What characteristic of a material
describes the ability of water to
flow through that material?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Percolation rate
Porosity
Permeability
Deposition.
30

0%

0
a.

b.

c.

d.

Which soil conservation technique
helps to conserve soil by planting
bushes or trees along the edges of
a field to prevent wind erosion?

30

a.
b.
c.
d.

:30
Terracing
Windbreaks
Gully reclamation
Contour farming

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 factors that
determine the rate of weathering?

30

a. Climate and age
b. Type of rock and
age
c. Type of rock and
location
d. Type of rock and
climate.
30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What is the major agent of erosion?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Wind
Water
Ice
Gravity

0%
30

30

a.
0

b.

c.

d.

What force is responsible for
creating mass movement?
0%
0%
0%
0%

1.
2.
3.
4.

Ice
Wind
Gravity
water
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

When wind blows sand up around
an obstacle, it can create a:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Sand dune
Loess deposit
Moraine
30
mudslide

0%

a.

0 of 30

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The mixture of sediments
deposited by a glacier is called
loess.
1. True
2. False
30 Seconds
Remaining

0 of 30

0%
1

0%
2

What do we call the periods in
history in which Earth was covered
in glaciers?
a.
b.
c.
d.

0 of 30

Epochs
Bronze Age
Ice Age
Jurassic
period

0%

30

a.

b.

c.

d.

What are the 2 types of glaciers?
a. Valley and Arctic
b. Valley and
Mountain
c. Continental and
Arctic
d. Continental and
Valley
30

0%

0%

0%

0%

0 of 30
a.

b.

c.

d.


Slide 18

Weathering and Erosion
Review

Which of the following is not an example of
mechanical weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Actions of animals
Water
Abrasion
Freezing and
Thawing.
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 types of
weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Mechanical and
chemical
Mechanical and
kinetic
Chemical and
erosion
Erosion and
deposition.
30

0%
30 Seconds
Remaining

a.

0

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

The movement of rock particles by
ice, wind, water, or gravity is:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Weathering
Deposition
Abrasion
Erosion
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

True or False:
After chemical weathering, the
chemical make-up of the sediments
is the same as the original rock.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%
2

Which layer of soil has the greatest
amount of humus?
a. Horizon B;
subsoil
b. Horizon C;
weathered rock
c. Horizon A; topsoil
d. Bedrock
30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What type of soil conservation
plants crops along the curve of a
slope?

1. Contour farming
2. Conservation
plowing
3. Terracing
30 Seconds
4. Windbreaks
Remaining
30

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

What type of mass movement
causes a large chunk of Earth to
slip downhill in one large mass?

a.
b.
c.
d.

Landslide
Mudslide
Creep
Slump

30

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 processes by which
glaciers erode the land?
a. Deflation and
abrasion
b. Plucking and
Deflation
c. Plucking and
Abrasion
d. Deflation and
Deposition.

True or False
The stronger the wind, the larger
the sediments that can be moved.
1. True
2. False

Which of the following does not
influence the speed of running
water?
1. The shape of the
stream channel
2. The age of the
river.
3. The slope of the
river.
4. The amount of
water in a river.

What do we call the sediment that
is carried in a river?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Load
Till
Sediment
Dust

Freezing and thawing can weather
rocks through a process called:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Deposition
Ice wedging
Deflation
Plucking

A rock containing iron becomes soft
and crumbly as it begins to rust. It
has probably been chemically
weathered by:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Plants
Carbon dioxide
Oxygen
Acid Rain

What do we call the solid layer of
rock beneath all soil horizons?
0%
0%
0%
0%

a.
b.
c.
d.

Bedrock
Gravel
Subsoil
Granite

30

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0
0

The decayed organic material
found in topsoil is referred to as:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Silt
Litter
Humus
Clay

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

Why is soil considered to be a
valuable resource?
a. It is important to
all living things on
land.
b. It contains sand
and gravel.
c. It protects Earth’s
crust.
d. All of the above.

30

30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
00

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What event occurred in the 1930s
and was responsible for the
creation of soil conservation
techniques?
1. The great

30

depression
2. WW II
3. The advent of the
motorized plow
4. The Dust Bowl
30 Seconds
Remaining0%
0

1

0%
2

0%
3

0%
4

10

What is the order of Earth’s
destructive forces?

1. Deposition, erosion,
weathering.
2. Erosion, weathering,
deposition.
3. Weathering, erosion,
deposition.
4. Weathering,
deposition, erosion.

30

30

0%30 Seconds
0%

0%

0%

Remaining

0

1

0

2

3

4

Which soil particle is the largest?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Gravel
Sand
Clay
Silt

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining
0
0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
Weathering is the process by which
sediment is laid down in a new
location.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

30

10 Seconds
Remaining

0%
1

0
0

0%
2

Landslides, Mudflows, Creep, and
Slump are all examples of what
force?

1.
2.
3.
4.

runoff
soil formation
deflation
mass movement
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

Glaciers can only form when:

30

a. More snow falls than
melts
b. There is an ice age
c. The amount of snow
exceeds the amount
of rain.
d. None of the above.

30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What do we call the water that
moves over Earth’s surface?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Runoff
Watershed
Groundwater
Ice

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

A _________is a ridge of till left
behind by a glacier.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Kettle
Fiord
Moraine
Drumlin

0%

30

:30

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The process by which wind
removes surface materials is called
deflation
1. True
2. False
30

0%

30

0
1

2

Which of the following
30 characteristics influence the
percolation rate of a sediment?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Type of rock
Sediment size
Climate
The color of the
sediment.
0%

0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What characteristic of a material
describes the ability of water to
flow through that material?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Percolation rate
Porosity
Permeability
Deposition.
30

0%

0
a.

b.

c.

d.

Which soil conservation technique
helps to conserve soil by planting
bushes or trees along the edges of
a field to prevent wind erosion?

30

a.
b.
c.
d.

:30
Terracing
Windbreaks
Gully reclamation
Contour farming

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 factors that
determine the rate of weathering?

30

a. Climate and age
b. Type of rock and
age
c. Type of rock and
location
d. Type of rock and
climate.
30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What is the major agent of erosion?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Wind
Water
Ice
Gravity

0%
30

30

a.
0

b.

c.

d.

What force is responsible for
creating mass movement?
0%
0%
0%
0%

1.
2.
3.
4.

Ice
Wind
Gravity
water
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

When wind blows sand up around
an obstacle, it can create a:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Sand dune
Loess deposit
Moraine
30
mudslide

0%

a.

0 of 30

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The mixture of sediments
deposited by a glacier is called
loess.
1. True
2. False
30 Seconds
Remaining

0 of 30

0%
1

0%
2

What do we call the periods in
history in which Earth was covered
in glaciers?
a.
b.
c.
d.

0 of 30

Epochs
Bronze Age
Ice Age
Jurassic
period

0%

30

a.

b.

c.

d.

What are the 2 types of glaciers?
a. Valley and Arctic
b. Valley and
Mountain
c. Continental and
Arctic
d. Continental and
Valley
30

0%

0%

0%

0%

0 of 30
a.

b.

c.

d.


Slide 19

Weathering and Erosion
Review

Which of the following is not an example of
mechanical weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Actions of animals
Water
Abrasion
Freezing and
Thawing.
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 types of
weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Mechanical and
chemical
Mechanical and
kinetic
Chemical and
erosion
Erosion and
deposition.
30

0%
30 Seconds
Remaining

a.

0

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

The movement of rock particles by
ice, wind, water, or gravity is:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Weathering
Deposition
Abrasion
Erosion
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

True or False:
After chemical weathering, the
chemical make-up of the sediments
is the same as the original rock.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%
2

Which layer of soil has the greatest
amount of humus?
a. Horizon B;
subsoil
b. Horizon C;
weathered rock
c. Horizon A; topsoil
d. Bedrock
30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What type of soil conservation
plants crops along the curve of a
slope?

1. Contour farming
2. Conservation
plowing
3. Terracing
30 Seconds
4. Windbreaks
Remaining
30

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

What type of mass movement
causes a large chunk of Earth to
slip downhill in one large mass?

a.
b.
c.
d.

Landslide
Mudslide
Creep
Slump

30

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 processes by which
glaciers erode the land?
a. Deflation and
abrasion
b. Plucking and
Deflation
c. Plucking and
Abrasion
d. Deflation and
Deposition.

True or False
The stronger the wind, the larger
the sediments that can be moved.
1. True
2. False

Which of the following does not
influence the speed of running
water?
1. The shape of the
stream channel
2. The age of the
river.
3. The slope of the
river.
4. The amount of
water in a river.

What do we call the sediment that
is carried in a river?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Load
Till
Sediment
Dust

Freezing and thawing can weather
rocks through a process called:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Deposition
Ice wedging
Deflation
Plucking

A rock containing iron becomes soft
and crumbly as it begins to rust. It
has probably been chemically
weathered by:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Plants
Carbon dioxide
Oxygen
Acid Rain

What do we call the solid layer of
rock beneath all soil horizons?
0%
0%
0%
0%

a.
b.
c.
d.

Bedrock
Gravel
Subsoil
Granite

30

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0
0

The decayed organic material
found in topsoil is referred to as:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Silt
Litter
Humus
Clay

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

Why is soil considered to be a
valuable resource?
a. It is important to
all living things on
land.
b. It contains sand
and gravel.
c. It protects Earth’s
crust.
d. All of the above.

30

30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
00

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What event occurred in the 1930s
and was responsible for the
creation of soil conservation
techniques?
1. The great

30

depression
2. WW II
3. The advent of the
motorized plow
4. The Dust Bowl
30 Seconds
Remaining0%
0

1

0%
2

0%
3

0%
4

10

What is the order of Earth’s
destructive forces?

1. Deposition, erosion,
weathering.
2. Erosion, weathering,
deposition.
3. Weathering, erosion,
deposition.
4. Weathering,
deposition, erosion.

30

30

0%30 Seconds
0%

0%

0%

Remaining

0

1

0

2

3

4

Which soil particle is the largest?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Gravel
Sand
Clay
Silt

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining
0
0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
Weathering is the process by which
sediment is laid down in a new
location.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

30

10 Seconds
Remaining

0%
1

0
0

0%
2

Landslides, Mudflows, Creep, and
Slump are all examples of what
force?

1.
2.
3.
4.

runoff
soil formation
deflation
mass movement
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

Glaciers can only form when:

30

a. More snow falls than
melts
b. There is an ice age
c. The amount of snow
exceeds the amount
of rain.
d. None of the above.

30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What do we call the water that
moves over Earth’s surface?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Runoff
Watershed
Groundwater
Ice

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

A _________is a ridge of till left
behind by a glacier.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Kettle
Fiord
Moraine
Drumlin

0%

30

:30

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The process by which wind
removes surface materials is called
deflation
1. True
2. False
30

0%

30

0
1

2

Which of the following
30 characteristics influence the
percolation rate of a sediment?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Type of rock
Sediment size
Climate
The color of the
sediment.
0%

0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What characteristic of a material
describes the ability of water to
flow through that material?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Percolation rate
Porosity
Permeability
Deposition.
30

0%

0
a.

b.

c.

d.

Which soil conservation technique
helps to conserve soil by planting
bushes or trees along the edges of
a field to prevent wind erosion?

30

a.
b.
c.
d.

:30
Terracing
Windbreaks
Gully reclamation
Contour farming

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 factors that
determine the rate of weathering?

30

a. Climate and age
b. Type of rock and
age
c. Type of rock and
location
d. Type of rock and
climate.
30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What is the major agent of erosion?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Wind
Water
Ice
Gravity

0%
30

30

a.
0

b.

c.

d.

What force is responsible for
creating mass movement?
0%
0%
0%
0%

1.
2.
3.
4.

Ice
Wind
Gravity
water
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

When wind blows sand up around
an obstacle, it can create a:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Sand dune
Loess deposit
Moraine
30
mudslide

0%

a.

0 of 30

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The mixture of sediments
deposited by a glacier is called
loess.
1. True
2. False
30 Seconds
Remaining

0 of 30

0%
1

0%
2

What do we call the periods in
history in which Earth was covered
in glaciers?
a.
b.
c.
d.

0 of 30

Epochs
Bronze Age
Ice Age
Jurassic
period

0%

30

a.

b.

c.

d.

What are the 2 types of glaciers?
a. Valley and Arctic
b. Valley and
Mountain
c. Continental and
Arctic
d. Continental and
Valley
30

0%

0%

0%

0%

0 of 30
a.

b.

c.

d.


Slide 20

Weathering and Erosion
Review

Which of the following is not an example of
mechanical weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Actions of animals
Water
Abrasion
Freezing and
Thawing.
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 types of
weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Mechanical and
chemical
Mechanical and
kinetic
Chemical and
erosion
Erosion and
deposition.
30

0%
30 Seconds
Remaining

a.

0

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

The movement of rock particles by
ice, wind, water, or gravity is:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Weathering
Deposition
Abrasion
Erosion
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

True or False:
After chemical weathering, the
chemical make-up of the sediments
is the same as the original rock.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%
2

Which layer of soil has the greatest
amount of humus?
a. Horizon B;
subsoil
b. Horizon C;
weathered rock
c. Horizon A; topsoil
d. Bedrock
30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What type of soil conservation
plants crops along the curve of a
slope?

1. Contour farming
2. Conservation
plowing
3. Terracing
30 Seconds
4. Windbreaks
Remaining
30

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

What type of mass movement
causes a large chunk of Earth to
slip downhill in one large mass?

a.
b.
c.
d.

Landslide
Mudslide
Creep
Slump

30

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 processes by which
glaciers erode the land?
a. Deflation and
abrasion
b. Plucking and
Deflation
c. Plucking and
Abrasion
d. Deflation and
Deposition.

True or False
The stronger the wind, the larger
the sediments that can be moved.
1. True
2. False

Which of the following does not
influence the speed of running
water?
1. The shape of the
stream channel
2. The age of the
river.
3. The slope of the
river.
4. The amount of
water in a river.

What do we call the sediment that
is carried in a river?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Load
Till
Sediment
Dust

Freezing and thawing can weather
rocks through a process called:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Deposition
Ice wedging
Deflation
Plucking

A rock containing iron becomes soft
and crumbly as it begins to rust. It
has probably been chemically
weathered by:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Plants
Carbon dioxide
Oxygen
Acid Rain

What do we call the solid layer of
rock beneath all soil horizons?
0%
0%
0%
0%

a.
b.
c.
d.

Bedrock
Gravel
Subsoil
Granite

30

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0
0

The decayed organic material
found in topsoil is referred to as:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Silt
Litter
Humus
Clay

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

Why is soil considered to be a
valuable resource?
a. It is important to
all living things on
land.
b. It contains sand
and gravel.
c. It protects Earth’s
crust.
d. All of the above.

30

30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
00

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What event occurred in the 1930s
and was responsible for the
creation of soil conservation
techniques?
1. The great

30

depression
2. WW II
3. The advent of the
motorized plow
4. The Dust Bowl
30 Seconds
Remaining0%
0

1

0%
2

0%
3

0%
4

10

What is the order of Earth’s
destructive forces?

1. Deposition, erosion,
weathering.
2. Erosion, weathering,
deposition.
3. Weathering, erosion,
deposition.
4. Weathering,
deposition, erosion.

30

30

0%30 Seconds
0%

0%

0%

Remaining

0

1

0

2

3

4

Which soil particle is the largest?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Gravel
Sand
Clay
Silt

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining
0
0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
Weathering is the process by which
sediment is laid down in a new
location.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

30

10 Seconds
Remaining

0%
1

0
0

0%
2

Landslides, Mudflows, Creep, and
Slump are all examples of what
force?

1.
2.
3.
4.

runoff
soil formation
deflation
mass movement
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

Glaciers can only form when:

30

a. More snow falls than
melts
b. There is an ice age
c. The amount of snow
exceeds the amount
of rain.
d. None of the above.

30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What do we call the water that
moves over Earth’s surface?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Runoff
Watershed
Groundwater
Ice

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

A _________is a ridge of till left
behind by a glacier.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Kettle
Fiord
Moraine
Drumlin

0%

30

:30

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The process by which wind
removes surface materials is called
deflation
1. True
2. False
30

0%

30

0
1

2

Which of the following
30 characteristics influence the
percolation rate of a sediment?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Type of rock
Sediment size
Climate
The color of the
sediment.
0%

0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What characteristic of a material
describes the ability of water to
flow through that material?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Percolation rate
Porosity
Permeability
Deposition.
30

0%

0
a.

b.

c.

d.

Which soil conservation technique
helps to conserve soil by planting
bushes or trees along the edges of
a field to prevent wind erosion?

30

a.
b.
c.
d.

:30
Terracing
Windbreaks
Gully reclamation
Contour farming

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 factors that
determine the rate of weathering?

30

a. Climate and age
b. Type of rock and
age
c. Type of rock and
location
d. Type of rock and
climate.
30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What is the major agent of erosion?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Wind
Water
Ice
Gravity

0%
30

30

a.
0

b.

c.

d.

What force is responsible for
creating mass movement?
0%
0%
0%
0%

1.
2.
3.
4.

Ice
Wind
Gravity
water
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

When wind blows sand up around
an obstacle, it can create a:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Sand dune
Loess deposit
Moraine
30
mudslide

0%

a.

0 of 30

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The mixture of sediments
deposited by a glacier is called
loess.
1. True
2. False
30 Seconds
Remaining

0 of 30

0%
1

0%
2

What do we call the periods in
history in which Earth was covered
in glaciers?
a.
b.
c.
d.

0 of 30

Epochs
Bronze Age
Ice Age
Jurassic
period

0%

30

a.

b.

c.

d.

What are the 2 types of glaciers?
a. Valley and Arctic
b. Valley and
Mountain
c. Continental and
Arctic
d. Continental and
Valley
30

0%

0%

0%

0%

0 of 30
a.

b.

c.

d.


Slide 21

Weathering and Erosion
Review

Which of the following is not an example of
mechanical weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Actions of animals
Water
Abrasion
Freezing and
Thawing.
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 types of
weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Mechanical and
chemical
Mechanical and
kinetic
Chemical and
erosion
Erosion and
deposition.
30

0%
30 Seconds
Remaining

a.

0

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

The movement of rock particles by
ice, wind, water, or gravity is:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Weathering
Deposition
Abrasion
Erosion
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

True or False:
After chemical weathering, the
chemical make-up of the sediments
is the same as the original rock.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%
2

Which layer of soil has the greatest
amount of humus?
a. Horizon B;
subsoil
b. Horizon C;
weathered rock
c. Horizon A; topsoil
d. Bedrock
30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What type of soil conservation
plants crops along the curve of a
slope?

1. Contour farming
2. Conservation
plowing
3. Terracing
30 Seconds
4. Windbreaks
Remaining
30

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

What type of mass movement
causes a large chunk of Earth to
slip downhill in one large mass?

a.
b.
c.
d.

Landslide
Mudslide
Creep
Slump

30

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 processes by which
glaciers erode the land?
a. Deflation and
abrasion
b. Plucking and
Deflation
c. Plucking and
Abrasion
d. Deflation and
Deposition.

True or False
The stronger the wind, the larger
the sediments that can be moved.
1. True
2. False

Which of the following does not
influence the speed of running
water?
1. The shape of the
stream channel
2. The age of the
river.
3. The slope of the
river.
4. The amount of
water in a river.

What do we call the sediment that
is carried in a river?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Load
Till
Sediment
Dust

Freezing and thawing can weather
rocks through a process called:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Deposition
Ice wedging
Deflation
Plucking

A rock containing iron becomes soft
and crumbly as it begins to rust. It
has probably been chemically
weathered by:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Plants
Carbon dioxide
Oxygen
Acid Rain

What do we call the solid layer of
rock beneath all soil horizons?
0%
0%
0%
0%

a.
b.
c.
d.

Bedrock
Gravel
Subsoil
Granite

30

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0
0

The decayed organic material
found in topsoil is referred to as:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Silt
Litter
Humus
Clay

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

Why is soil considered to be a
valuable resource?
a. It is important to
all living things on
land.
b. It contains sand
and gravel.
c. It protects Earth’s
crust.
d. All of the above.

30

30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
00

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What event occurred in the 1930s
and was responsible for the
creation of soil conservation
techniques?
1. The great

30

depression
2. WW II
3. The advent of the
motorized plow
4. The Dust Bowl
30 Seconds
Remaining0%
0

1

0%
2

0%
3

0%
4

10

What is the order of Earth’s
destructive forces?

1. Deposition, erosion,
weathering.
2. Erosion, weathering,
deposition.
3. Weathering, erosion,
deposition.
4. Weathering,
deposition, erosion.

30

30

0%30 Seconds
0%

0%

0%

Remaining

0

1

0

2

3

4

Which soil particle is the largest?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Gravel
Sand
Clay
Silt

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining
0
0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
Weathering is the process by which
sediment is laid down in a new
location.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

30

10 Seconds
Remaining

0%
1

0
0

0%
2

Landslides, Mudflows, Creep, and
Slump are all examples of what
force?

1.
2.
3.
4.

runoff
soil formation
deflation
mass movement
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

Glaciers can only form when:

30

a. More snow falls than
melts
b. There is an ice age
c. The amount of snow
exceeds the amount
of rain.
d. None of the above.

30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What do we call the water that
moves over Earth’s surface?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Runoff
Watershed
Groundwater
Ice

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

A _________is a ridge of till left
behind by a glacier.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Kettle
Fiord
Moraine
Drumlin

0%

30

:30

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The process by which wind
removes surface materials is called
deflation
1. True
2. False
30

0%

30

0
1

2

Which of the following
30 characteristics influence the
percolation rate of a sediment?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Type of rock
Sediment size
Climate
The color of the
sediment.
0%

0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What characteristic of a material
describes the ability of water to
flow through that material?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Percolation rate
Porosity
Permeability
Deposition.
30

0%

0
a.

b.

c.

d.

Which soil conservation technique
helps to conserve soil by planting
bushes or trees along the edges of
a field to prevent wind erosion?

30

a.
b.
c.
d.

:30
Terracing
Windbreaks
Gully reclamation
Contour farming

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 factors that
determine the rate of weathering?

30

a. Climate and age
b. Type of rock and
age
c. Type of rock and
location
d. Type of rock and
climate.
30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What is the major agent of erosion?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Wind
Water
Ice
Gravity

0%
30

30

a.
0

b.

c.

d.

What force is responsible for
creating mass movement?
0%
0%
0%
0%

1.
2.
3.
4.

Ice
Wind
Gravity
water
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

When wind blows sand up around
an obstacle, it can create a:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Sand dune
Loess deposit
Moraine
30
mudslide

0%

a.

0 of 30

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The mixture of sediments
deposited by a glacier is called
loess.
1. True
2. False
30 Seconds
Remaining

0 of 30

0%
1

0%
2

What do we call the periods in
history in which Earth was covered
in glaciers?
a.
b.
c.
d.

0 of 30

Epochs
Bronze Age
Ice Age
Jurassic
period

0%

30

a.

b.

c.

d.

What are the 2 types of glaciers?
a. Valley and Arctic
b. Valley and
Mountain
c. Continental and
Arctic
d. Continental and
Valley
30

0%

0%

0%

0%

0 of 30
a.

b.

c.

d.


Slide 22

Weathering and Erosion
Review

Which of the following is not an example of
mechanical weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Actions of animals
Water
Abrasion
Freezing and
Thawing.
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 types of
weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Mechanical and
chemical
Mechanical and
kinetic
Chemical and
erosion
Erosion and
deposition.
30

0%
30 Seconds
Remaining

a.

0

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

The movement of rock particles by
ice, wind, water, or gravity is:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Weathering
Deposition
Abrasion
Erosion
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

True or False:
After chemical weathering, the
chemical make-up of the sediments
is the same as the original rock.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%
2

Which layer of soil has the greatest
amount of humus?
a. Horizon B;
subsoil
b. Horizon C;
weathered rock
c. Horizon A; topsoil
d. Bedrock
30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What type of soil conservation
plants crops along the curve of a
slope?

1. Contour farming
2. Conservation
plowing
3. Terracing
30 Seconds
4. Windbreaks
Remaining
30

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

What type of mass movement
causes a large chunk of Earth to
slip downhill in one large mass?

a.
b.
c.
d.

Landslide
Mudslide
Creep
Slump

30

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 processes by which
glaciers erode the land?
a. Deflation and
abrasion
b. Plucking and
Deflation
c. Plucking and
Abrasion
d. Deflation and
Deposition.

True or False
The stronger the wind, the larger
the sediments that can be moved.
1. True
2. False

Which of the following does not
influence the speed of running
water?
1. The shape of the
stream channel
2. The age of the
river.
3. The slope of the
river.
4. The amount of
water in a river.

What do we call the sediment that
is carried in a river?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Load
Till
Sediment
Dust

Freezing and thawing can weather
rocks through a process called:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Deposition
Ice wedging
Deflation
Plucking

A rock containing iron becomes soft
and crumbly as it begins to rust. It
has probably been chemically
weathered by:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Plants
Carbon dioxide
Oxygen
Acid Rain

What do we call the solid layer of
rock beneath all soil horizons?
0%
0%
0%
0%

a.
b.
c.
d.

Bedrock
Gravel
Subsoil
Granite

30

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0
0

The decayed organic material
found in topsoil is referred to as:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Silt
Litter
Humus
Clay

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

Why is soil considered to be a
valuable resource?
a. It is important to
all living things on
land.
b. It contains sand
and gravel.
c. It protects Earth’s
crust.
d. All of the above.

30

30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
00

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What event occurred in the 1930s
and was responsible for the
creation of soil conservation
techniques?
1. The great

30

depression
2. WW II
3. The advent of the
motorized plow
4. The Dust Bowl
30 Seconds
Remaining0%
0

1

0%
2

0%
3

0%
4

10

What is the order of Earth’s
destructive forces?

1. Deposition, erosion,
weathering.
2. Erosion, weathering,
deposition.
3. Weathering, erosion,
deposition.
4. Weathering,
deposition, erosion.

30

30

0%30 Seconds
0%

0%

0%

Remaining

0

1

0

2

3

4

Which soil particle is the largest?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Gravel
Sand
Clay
Silt

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining
0
0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
Weathering is the process by which
sediment is laid down in a new
location.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

30

10 Seconds
Remaining

0%
1

0
0

0%
2

Landslides, Mudflows, Creep, and
Slump are all examples of what
force?

1.
2.
3.
4.

runoff
soil formation
deflation
mass movement
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

Glaciers can only form when:

30

a. More snow falls than
melts
b. There is an ice age
c. The amount of snow
exceeds the amount
of rain.
d. None of the above.

30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What do we call the water that
moves over Earth’s surface?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Runoff
Watershed
Groundwater
Ice

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

A _________is a ridge of till left
behind by a glacier.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Kettle
Fiord
Moraine
Drumlin

0%

30

:30

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The process by which wind
removes surface materials is called
deflation
1. True
2. False
30

0%

30

0
1

2

Which of the following
30 characteristics influence the
percolation rate of a sediment?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Type of rock
Sediment size
Climate
The color of the
sediment.
0%

0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What characteristic of a material
describes the ability of water to
flow through that material?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Percolation rate
Porosity
Permeability
Deposition.
30

0%

0
a.

b.

c.

d.

Which soil conservation technique
helps to conserve soil by planting
bushes or trees along the edges of
a field to prevent wind erosion?

30

a.
b.
c.
d.

:30
Terracing
Windbreaks
Gully reclamation
Contour farming

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 factors that
determine the rate of weathering?

30

a. Climate and age
b. Type of rock and
age
c. Type of rock and
location
d. Type of rock and
climate.
30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What is the major agent of erosion?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Wind
Water
Ice
Gravity

0%
30

30

a.
0

b.

c.

d.

What force is responsible for
creating mass movement?
0%
0%
0%
0%

1.
2.
3.
4.

Ice
Wind
Gravity
water
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

When wind blows sand up around
an obstacle, it can create a:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Sand dune
Loess deposit
Moraine
30
mudslide

0%

a.

0 of 30

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The mixture of sediments
deposited by a glacier is called
loess.
1. True
2. False
30 Seconds
Remaining

0 of 30

0%
1

0%
2

What do we call the periods in
history in which Earth was covered
in glaciers?
a.
b.
c.
d.

0 of 30

Epochs
Bronze Age
Ice Age
Jurassic
period

0%

30

a.

b.

c.

d.

What are the 2 types of glaciers?
a. Valley and Arctic
b. Valley and
Mountain
c. Continental and
Arctic
d. Continental and
Valley
30

0%

0%

0%

0%

0 of 30
a.

b.

c.

d.


Slide 23

Weathering and Erosion
Review

Which of the following is not an example of
mechanical weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Actions of animals
Water
Abrasion
Freezing and
Thawing.
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 types of
weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Mechanical and
chemical
Mechanical and
kinetic
Chemical and
erosion
Erosion and
deposition.
30

0%
30 Seconds
Remaining

a.

0

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

The movement of rock particles by
ice, wind, water, or gravity is:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Weathering
Deposition
Abrasion
Erosion
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

True or False:
After chemical weathering, the
chemical make-up of the sediments
is the same as the original rock.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%
2

Which layer of soil has the greatest
amount of humus?
a. Horizon B;
subsoil
b. Horizon C;
weathered rock
c. Horizon A; topsoil
d. Bedrock
30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What type of soil conservation
plants crops along the curve of a
slope?

1. Contour farming
2. Conservation
plowing
3. Terracing
30 Seconds
4. Windbreaks
Remaining
30

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

What type of mass movement
causes a large chunk of Earth to
slip downhill in one large mass?

a.
b.
c.
d.

Landslide
Mudslide
Creep
Slump

30

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 processes by which
glaciers erode the land?
a. Deflation and
abrasion
b. Plucking and
Deflation
c. Plucking and
Abrasion
d. Deflation and
Deposition.

True or False
The stronger the wind, the larger
the sediments that can be moved.
1. True
2. False

Which of the following does not
influence the speed of running
water?
1. The shape of the
stream channel
2. The age of the
river.
3. The slope of the
river.
4. The amount of
water in a river.

What do we call the sediment that
is carried in a river?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Load
Till
Sediment
Dust

Freezing and thawing can weather
rocks through a process called:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Deposition
Ice wedging
Deflation
Plucking

A rock containing iron becomes soft
and crumbly as it begins to rust. It
has probably been chemically
weathered by:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Plants
Carbon dioxide
Oxygen
Acid Rain

What do we call the solid layer of
rock beneath all soil horizons?
0%
0%
0%
0%

a.
b.
c.
d.

Bedrock
Gravel
Subsoil
Granite

30

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0
0

The decayed organic material
found in topsoil is referred to as:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Silt
Litter
Humus
Clay

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

Why is soil considered to be a
valuable resource?
a. It is important to
all living things on
land.
b. It contains sand
and gravel.
c. It protects Earth’s
crust.
d. All of the above.

30

30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
00

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What event occurred in the 1930s
and was responsible for the
creation of soil conservation
techniques?
1. The great

30

depression
2. WW II
3. The advent of the
motorized plow
4. The Dust Bowl
30 Seconds
Remaining0%
0

1

0%
2

0%
3

0%
4

10

What is the order of Earth’s
destructive forces?

1. Deposition, erosion,
weathering.
2. Erosion, weathering,
deposition.
3. Weathering, erosion,
deposition.
4. Weathering,
deposition, erosion.

30

30

0%30 Seconds
0%

0%

0%

Remaining

0

1

0

2

3

4

Which soil particle is the largest?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Gravel
Sand
Clay
Silt

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining
0
0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
Weathering is the process by which
sediment is laid down in a new
location.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

30

10 Seconds
Remaining

0%
1

0
0

0%
2

Landslides, Mudflows, Creep, and
Slump are all examples of what
force?

1.
2.
3.
4.

runoff
soil formation
deflation
mass movement
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

Glaciers can only form when:

30

a. More snow falls than
melts
b. There is an ice age
c. The amount of snow
exceeds the amount
of rain.
d. None of the above.

30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What do we call the water that
moves over Earth’s surface?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Runoff
Watershed
Groundwater
Ice

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

A _________is a ridge of till left
behind by a glacier.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Kettle
Fiord
Moraine
Drumlin

0%

30

:30

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The process by which wind
removes surface materials is called
deflation
1. True
2. False
30

0%

30

0
1

2

Which of the following
30 characteristics influence the
percolation rate of a sediment?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Type of rock
Sediment size
Climate
The color of the
sediment.
0%

0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What characteristic of a material
describes the ability of water to
flow through that material?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Percolation rate
Porosity
Permeability
Deposition.
30

0%

0
a.

b.

c.

d.

Which soil conservation technique
helps to conserve soil by planting
bushes or trees along the edges of
a field to prevent wind erosion?

30

a.
b.
c.
d.

:30
Terracing
Windbreaks
Gully reclamation
Contour farming

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 factors that
determine the rate of weathering?

30

a. Climate and age
b. Type of rock and
age
c. Type of rock and
location
d. Type of rock and
climate.
30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What is the major agent of erosion?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Wind
Water
Ice
Gravity

0%
30

30

a.
0

b.

c.

d.

What force is responsible for
creating mass movement?
0%
0%
0%
0%

1.
2.
3.
4.

Ice
Wind
Gravity
water
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

When wind blows sand up around
an obstacle, it can create a:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Sand dune
Loess deposit
Moraine
30
mudslide

0%

a.

0 of 30

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The mixture of sediments
deposited by a glacier is called
loess.
1. True
2. False
30 Seconds
Remaining

0 of 30

0%
1

0%
2

What do we call the periods in
history in which Earth was covered
in glaciers?
a.
b.
c.
d.

0 of 30

Epochs
Bronze Age
Ice Age
Jurassic
period

0%

30

a.

b.

c.

d.

What are the 2 types of glaciers?
a. Valley and Arctic
b. Valley and
Mountain
c. Continental and
Arctic
d. Continental and
Valley
30

0%

0%

0%

0%

0 of 30
a.

b.

c.

d.


Slide 24

Weathering and Erosion
Review

Which of the following is not an example of
mechanical weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Actions of animals
Water
Abrasion
Freezing and
Thawing.
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 types of
weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Mechanical and
chemical
Mechanical and
kinetic
Chemical and
erosion
Erosion and
deposition.
30

0%
30 Seconds
Remaining

a.

0

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

The movement of rock particles by
ice, wind, water, or gravity is:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Weathering
Deposition
Abrasion
Erosion
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

True or False:
After chemical weathering, the
chemical make-up of the sediments
is the same as the original rock.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%
2

Which layer of soil has the greatest
amount of humus?
a. Horizon B;
subsoil
b. Horizon C;
weathered rock
c. Horizon A; topsoil
d. Bedrock
30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What type of soil conservation
plants crops along the curve of a
slope?

1. Contour farming
2. Conservation
plowing
3. Terracing
30 Seconds
4. Windbreaks
Remaining
30

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

What type of mass movement
causes a large chunk of Earth to
slip downhill in one large mass?

a.
b.
c.
d.

Landslide
Mudslide
Creep
Slump

30

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 processes by which
glaciers erode the land?
a. Deflation and
abrasion
b. Plucking and
Deflation
c. Plucking and
Abrasion
d. Deflation and
Deposition.

True or False
The stronger the wind, the larger
the sediments that can be moved.
1. True
2. False

Which of the following does not
influence the speed of running
water?
1. The shape of the
stream channel
2. The age of the
river.
3. The slope of the
river.
4. The amount of
water in a river.

What do we call the sediment that
is carried in a river?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Load
Till
Sediment
Dust

Freezing and thawing can weather
rocks through a process called:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Deposition
Ice wedging
Deflation
Plucking

A rock containing iron becomes soft
and crumbly as it begins to rust. It
has probably been chemically
weathered by:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Plants
Carbon dioxide
Oxygen
Acid Rain

What do we call the solid layer of
rock beneath all soil horizons?
0%
0%
0%
0%

a.
b.
c.
d.

Bedrock
Gravel
Subsoil
Granite

30

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0
0

The decayed organic material
found in topsoil is referred to as:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Silt
Litter
Humus
Clay

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

Why is soil considered to be a
valuable resource?
a. It is important to
all living things on
land.
b. It contains sand
and gravel.
c. It protects Earth’s
crust.
d. All of the above.

30

30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
00

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What event occurred in the 1930s
and was responsible for the
creation of soil conservation
techniques?
1. The great

30

depression
2. WW II
3. The advent of the
motorized plow
4. The Dust Bowl
30 Seconds
Remaining0%
0

1

0%
2

0%
3

0%
4

10

What is the order of Earth’s
destructive forces?

1. Deposition, erosion,
weathering.
2. Erosion, weathering,
deposition.
3. Weathering, erosion,
deposition.
4. Weathering,
deposition, erosion.

30

30

0%30 Seconds
0%

0%

0%

Remaining

0

1

0

2

3

4

Which soil particle is the largest?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Gravel
Sand
Clay
Silt

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining
0
0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
Weathering is the process by which
sediment is laid down in a new
location.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

30

10 Seconds
Remaining

0%
1

0
0

0%
2

Landslides, Mudflows, Creep, and
Slump are all examples of what
force?

1.
2.
3.
4.

runoff
soil formation
deflation
mass movement
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

Glaciers can only form when:

30

a. More snow falls than
melts
b. There is an ice age
c. The amount of snow
exceeds the amount
of rain.
d. None of the above.

30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What do we call the water that
moves over Earth’s surface?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Runoff
Watershed
Groundwater
Ice

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

A _________is a ridge of till left
behind by a glacier.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Kettle
Fiord
Moraine
Drumlin

0%

30

:30

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The process by which wind
removes surface materials is called
deflation
1. True
2. False
30

0%

30

0
1

2

Which of the following
30 characteristics influence the
percolation rate of a sediment?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Type of rock
Sediment size
Climate
The color of the
sediment.
0%

0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What characteristic of a material
describes the ability of water to
flow through that material?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Percolation rate
Porosity
Permeability
Deposition.
30

0%

0
a.

b.

c.

d.

Which soil conservation technique
helps to conserve soil by planting
bushes or trees along the edges of
a field to prevent wind erosion?

30

a.
b.
c.
d.

:30
Terracing
Windbreaks
Gully reclamation
Contour farming

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 factors that
determine the rate of weathering?

30

a. Climate and age
b. Type of rock and
age
c. Type of rock and
location
d. Type of rock and
climate.
30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What is the major agent of erosion?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Wind
Water
Ice
Gravity

0%
30

30

a.
0

b.

c.

d.

What force is responsible for
creating mass movement?
0%
0%
0%
0%

1.
2.
3.
4.

Ice
Wind
Gravity
water
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

When wind blows sand up around
an obstacle, it can create a:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Sand dune
Loess deposit
Moraine
30
mudslide

0%

a.

0 of 30

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The mixture of sediments
deposited by a glacier is called
loess.
1. True
2. False
30 Seconds
Remaining

0 of 30

0%
1

0%
2

What do we call the periods in
history in which Earth was covered
in glaciers?
a.
b.
c.
d.

0 of 30

Epochs
Bronze Age
Ice Age
Jurassic
period

0%

30

a.

b.

c.

d.

What are the 2 types of glaciers?
a. Valley and Arctic
b. Valley and
Mountain
c. Continental and
Arctic
d. Continental and
Valley
30

0%

0%

0%

0%

0 of 30
a.

b.

c.

d.


Slide 25

Weathering and Erosion
Review

Which of the following is not an example of
mechanical weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Actions of animals
Water
Abrasion
Freezing and
Thawing.
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 types of
weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Mechanical and
chemical
Mechanical and
kinetic
Chemical and
erosion
Erosion and
deposition.
30

0%
30 Seconds
Remaining

a.

0

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

The movement of rock particles by
ice, wind, water, or gravity is:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Weathering
Deposition
Abrasion
Erosion
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

True or False:
After chemical weathering, the
chemical make-up of the sediments
is the same as the original rock.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%
2

Which layer of soil has the greatest
amount of humus?
a. Horizon B;
subsoil
b. Horizon C;
weathered rock
c. Horizon A; topsoil
d. Bedrock
30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What type of soil conservation
plants crops along the curve of a
slope?

1. Contour farming
2. Conservation
plowing
3. Terracing
30 Seconds
4. Windbreaks
Remaining
30

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

What type of mass movement
causes a large chunk of Earth to
slip downhill in one large mass?

a.
b.
c.
d.

Landslide
Mudslide
Creep
Slump

30

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 processes by which
glaciers erode the land?
a. Deflation and
abrasion
b. Plucking and
Deflation
c. Plucking and
Abrasion
d. Deflation and
Deposition.

True or False
The stronger the wind, the larger
the sediments that can be moved.
1. True
2. False

Which of the following does not
influence the speed of running
water?
1. The shape of the
stream channel
2. The age of the
river.
3. The slope of the
river.
4. The amount of
water in a river.

What do we call the sediment that
is carried in a river?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Load
Till
Sediment
Dust

Freezing and thawing can weather
rocks through a process called:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Deposition
Ice wedging
Deflation
Plucking

A rock containing iron becomes soft
and crumbly as it begins to rust. It
has probably been chemically
weathered by:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Plants
Carbon dioxide
Oxygen
Acid Rain

What do we call the solid layer of
rock beneath all soil horizons?
0%
0%
0%
0%

a.
b.
c.
d.

Bedrock
Gravel
Subsoil
Granite

30

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0
0

The decayed organic material
found in topsoil is referred to as:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Silt
Litter
Humus
Clay

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

Why is soil considered to be a
valuable resource?
a. It is important to
all living things on
land.
b. It contains sand
and gravel.
c. It protects Earth’s
crust.
d. All of the above.

30

30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
00

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What event occurred in the 1930s
and was responsible for the
creation of soil conservation
techniques?
1. The great

30

depression
2. WW II
3. The advent of the
motorized plow
4. The Dust Bowl
30 Seconds
Remaining0%
0

1

0%
2

0%
3

0%
4

10

What is the order of Earth’s
destructive forces?

1. Deposition, erosion,
weathering.
2. Erosion, weathering,
deposition.
3. Weathering, erosion,
deposition.
4. Weathering,
deposition, erosion.

30

30

0%30 Seconds
0%

0%

0%

Remaining

0

1

0

2

3

4

Which soil particle is the largest?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Gravel
Sand
Clay
Silt

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining
0
0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
Weathering is the process by which
sediment is laid down in a new
location.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

30

10 Seconds
Remaining

0%
1

0
0

0%
2

Landslides, Mudflows, Creep, and
Slump are all examples of what
force?

1.
2.
3.
4.

runoff
soil formation
deflation
mass movement
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

Glaciers can only form when:

30

a. More snow falls than
melts
b. There is an ice age
c. The amount of snow
exceeds the amount
of rain.
d. None of the above.

30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What do we call the water that
moves over Earth’s surface?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Runoff
Watershed
Groundwater
Ice

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

A _________is a ridge of till left
behind by a glacier.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Kettle
Fiord
Moraine
Drumlin

0%

30

:30

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The process by which wind
removes surface materials is called
deflation
1. True
2. False
30

0%

30

0
1

2

Which of the following
30 characteristics influence the
percolation rate of a sediment?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Type of rock
Sediment size
Climate
The color of the
sediment.
0%

0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What characteristic of a material
describes the ability of water to
flow through that material?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Percolation rate
Porosity
Permeability
Deposition.
30

0%

0
a.

b.

c.

d.

Which soil conservation technique
helps to conserve soil by planting
bushes or trees along the edges of
a field to prevent wind erosion?

30

a.
b.
c.
d.

:30
Terracing
Windbreaks
Gully reclamation
Contour farming

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 factors that
determine the rate of weathering?

30

a. Climate and age
b. Type of rock and
age
c. Type of rock and
location
d. Type of rock and
climate.
30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What is the major agent of erosion?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Wind
Water
Ice
Gravity

0%
30

30

a.
0

b.

c.

d.

What force is responsible for
creating mass movement?
0%
0%
0%
0%

1.
2.
3.
4.

Ice
Wind
Gravity
water
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

When wind blows sand up around
an obstacle, it can create a:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Sand dune
Loess deposit
Moraine
30
mudslide

0%

a.

0 of 30

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The mixture of sediments
deposited by a glacier is called
loess.
1. True
2. False
30 Seconds
Remaining

0 of 30

0%
1

0%
2

What do we call the periods in
history in which Earth was covered
in glaciers?
a.
b.
c.
d.

0 of 30

Epochs
Bronze Age
Ice Age
Jurassic
period

0%

30

a.

b.

c.

d.

What are the 2 types of glaciers?
a. Valley and Arctic
b. Valley and
Mountain
c. Continental and
Arctic
d. Continental and
Valley
30

0%

0%

0%

0%

0 of 30
a.

b.

c.

d.


Slide 26

Weathering and Erosion
Review

Which of the following is not an example of
mechanical weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Actions of animals
Water
Abrasion
Freezing and
Thawing.
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 types of
weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Mechanical and
chemical
Mechanical and
kinetic
Chemical and
erosion
Erosion and
deposition.
30

0%
30 Seconds
Remaining

a.

0

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

The movement of rock particles by
ice, wind, water, or gravity is:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Weathering
Deposition
Abrasion
Erosion
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

True or False:
After chemical weathering, the
chemical make-up of the sediments
is the same as the original rock.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%
2

Which layer of soil has the greatest
amount of humus?
a. Horizon B;
subsoil
b. Horizon C;
weathered rock
c. Horizon A; topsoil
d. Bedrock
30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What type of soil conservation
plants crops along the curve of a
slope?

1. Contour farming
2. Conservation
plowing
3. Terracing
30 Seconds
4. Windbreaks
Remaining
30

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

What type of mass movement
causes a large chunk of Earth to
slip downhill in one large mass?

a.
b.
c.
d.

Landslide
Mudslide
Creep
Slump

30

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 processes by which
glaciers erode the land?
a. Deflation and
abrasion
b. Plucking and
Deflation
c. Plucking and
Abrasion
d. Deflation and
Deposition.

True or False
The stronger the wind, the larger
the sediments that can be moved.
1. True
2. False

Which of the following does not
influence the speed of running
water?
1. The shape of the
stream channel
2. The age of the
river.
3. The slope of the
river.
4. The amount of
water in a river.

What do we call the sediment that
is carried in a river?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Load
Till
Sediment
Dust

Freezing and thawing can weather
rocks through a process called:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Deposition
Ice wedging
Deflation
Plucking

A rock containing iron becomes soft
and crumbly as it begins to rust. It
has probably been chemically
weathered by:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Plants
Carbon dioxide
Oxygen
Acid Rain

What do we call the solid layer of
rock beneath all soil horizons?
0%
0%
0%
0%

a.
b.
c.
d.

Bedrock
Gravel
Subsoil
Granite

30

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0
0

The decayed organic material
found in topsoil is referred to as:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Silt
Litter
Humus
Clay

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

Why is soil considered to be a
valuable resource?
a. It is important to
all living things on
land.
b. It contains sand
and gravel.
c. It protects Earth’s
crust.
d. All of the above.

30

30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
00

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What event occurred in the 1930s
and was responsible for the
creation of soil conservation
techniques?
1. The great

30

depression
2. WW II
3. The advent of the
motorized plow
4. The Dust Bowl
30 Seconds
Remaining0%
0

1

0%
2

0%
3

0%
4

10

What is the order of Earth’s
destructive forces?

1. Deposition, erosion,
weathering.
2. Erosion, weathering,
deposition.
3. Weathering, erosion,
deposition.
4. Weathering,
deposition, erosion.

30

30

0%30 Seconds
0%

0%

0%

Remaining

0

1

0

2

3

4

Which soil particle is the largest?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Gravel
Sand
Clay
Silt

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining
0
0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
Weathering is the process by which
sediment is laid down in a new
location.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

30

10 Seconds
Remaining

0%
1

0
0

0%
2

Landslides, Mudflows, Creep, and
Slump are all examples of what
force?

1.
2.
3.
4.

runoff
soil formation
deflation
mass movement
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

Glaciers can only form when:

30

a. More snow falls than
melts
b. There is an ice age
c. The amount of snow
exceeds the amount
of rain.
d. None of the above.

30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What do we call the water that
moves over Earth’s surface?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Runoff
Watershed
Groundwater
Ice

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

A _________is a ridge of till left
behind by a glacier.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Kettle
Fiord
Moraine
Drumlin

0%

30

:30

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The process by which wind
removes surface materials is called
deflation
1. True
2. False
30

0%

30

0
1

2

Which of the following
30 characteristics influence the
percolation rate of a sediment?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Type of rock
Sediment size
Climate
The color of the
sediment.
0%

0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What characteristic of a material
describes the ability of water to
flow through that material?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Percolation rate
Porosity
Permeability
Deposition.
30

0%

0
a.

b.

c.

d.

Which soil conservation technique
helps to conserve soil by planting
bushes or trees along the edges of
a field to prevent wind erosion?

30

a.
b.
c.
d.

:30
Terracing
Windbreaks
Gully reclamation
Contour farming

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 factors that
determine the rate of weathering?

30

a. Climate and age
b. Type of rock and
age
c. Type of rock and
location
d. Type of rock and
climate.
30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What is the major agent of erosion?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Wind
Water
Ice
Gravity

0%
30

30

a.
0

b.

c.

d.

What force is responsible for
creating mass movement?
0%
0%
0%
0%

1.
2.
3.
4.

Ice
Wind
Gravity
water
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

When wind blows sand up around
an obstacle, it can create a:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Sand dune
Loess deposit
Moraine
30
mudslide

0%

a.

0 of 30

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The mixture of sediments
deposited by a glacier is called
loess.
1. True
2. False
30 Seconds
Remaining

0 of 30

0%
1

0%
2

What do we call the periods in
history in which Earth was covered
in glaciers?
a.
b.
c.
d.

0 of 30

Epochs
Bronze Age
Ice Age
Jurassic
period

0%

30

a.

b.

c.

d.

What are the 2 types of glaciers?
a. Valley and Arctic
b. Valley and
Mountain
c. Continental and
Arctic
d. Continental and
Valley
30

0%

0%

0%

0%

0 of 30
a.

b.

c.

d.


Slide 27

Weathering and Erosion
Review

Which of the following is not an example of
mechanical weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Actions of animals
Water
Abrasion
Freezing and
Thawing.
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 types of
weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Mechanical and
chemical
Mechanical and
kinetic
Chemical and
erosion
Erosion and
deposition.
30

0%
30 Seconds
Remaining

a.

0

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

The movement of rock particles by
ice, wind, water, or gravity is:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Weathering
Deposition
Abrasion
Erosion
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

True or False:
After chemical weathering, the
chemical make-up of the sediments
is the same as the original rock.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%
2

Which layer of soil has the greatest
amount of humus?
a. Horizon B;
subsoil
b. Horizon C;
weathered rock
c. Horizon A; topsoil
d. Bedrock
30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What type of soil conservation
plants crops along the curve of a
slope?

1. Contour farming
2. Conservation
plowing
3. Terracing
30 Seconds
4. Windbreaks
Remaining
30

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

What type of mass movement
causes a large chunk of Earth to
slip downhill in one large mass?

a.
b.
c.
d.

Landslide
Mudslide
Creep
Slump

30

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 processes by which
glaciers erode the land?
a. Deflation and
abrasion
b. Plucking and
Deflation
c. Plucking and
Abrasion
d. Deflation and
Deposition.

True or False
The stronger the wind, the larger
the sediments that can be moved.
1. True
2. False

Which of the following does not
influence the speed of running
water?
1. The shape of the
stream channel
2. The age of the
river.
3. The slope of the
river.
4. The amount of
water in a river.

What do we call the sediment that
is carried in a river?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Load
Till
Sediment
Dust

Freezing and thawing can weather
rocks through a process called:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Deposition
Ice wedging
Deflation
Plucking

A rock containing iron becomes soft
and crumbly as it begins to rust. It
has probably been chemically
weathered by:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Plants
Carbon dioxide
Oxygen
Acid Rain

What do we call the solid layer of
rock beneath all soil horizons?
0%
0%
0%
0%

a.
b.
c.
d.

Bedrock
Gravel
Subsoil
Granite

30

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0
0

The decayed organic material
found in topsoil is referred to as:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Silt
Litter
Humus
Clay

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

Why is soil considered to be a
valuable resource?
a. It is important to
all living things on
land.
b. It contains sand
and gravel.
c. It protects Earth’s
crust.
d. All of the above.

30

30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
00

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What event occurred in the 1930s
and was responsible for the
creation of soil conservation
techniques?
1. The great

30

depression
2. WW II
3. The advent of the
motorized plow
4. The Dust Bowl
30 Seconds
Remaining0%
0

1

0%
2

0%
3

0%
4

10

What is the order of Earth’s
destructive forces?

1. Deposition, erosion,
weathering.
2. Erosion, weathering,
deposition.
3. Weathering, erosion,
deposition.
4. Weathering,
deposition, erosion.

30

30

0%30 Seconds
0%

0%

0%

Remaining

0

1

0

2

3

4

Which soil particle is the largest?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Gravel
Sand
Clay
Silt

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining
0
0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
Weathering is the process by which
sediment is laid down in a new
location.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

30

10 Seconds
Remaining

0%
1

0
0

0%
2

Landslides, Mudflows, Creep, and
Slump are all examples of what
force?

1.
2.
3.
4.

runoff
soil formation
deflation
mass movement
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

Glaciers can only form when:

30

a. More snow falls than
melts
b. There is an ice age
c. The amount of snow
exceeds the amount
of rain.
d. None of the above.

30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What do we call the water that
moves over Earth’s surface?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Runoff
Watershed
Groundwater
Ice

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

A _________is a ridge of till left
behind by a glacier.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Kettle
Fiord
Moraine
Drumlin

0%

30

:30

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The process by which wind
removes surface materials is called
deflation
1. True
2. False
30

0%

30

0
1

2

Which of the following
30 characteristics influence the
percolation rate of a sediment?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Type of rock
Sediment size
Climate
The color of the
sediment.
0%

0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What characteristic of a material
describes the ability of water to
flow through that material?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Percolation rate
Porosity
Permeability
Deposition.
30

0%

0
a.

b.

c.

d.

Which soil conservation technique
helps to conserve soil by planting
bushes or trees along the edges of
a field to prevent wind erosion?

30

a.
b.
c.
d.

:30
Terracing
Windbreaks
Gully reclamation
Contour farming

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 factors that
determine the rate of weathering?

30

a. Climate and age
b. Type of rock and
age
c. Type of rock and
location
d. Type of rock and
climate.
30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What is the major agent of erosion?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Wind
Water
Ice
Gravity

0%
30

30

a.
0

b.

c.

d.

What force is responsible for
creating mass movement?
0%
0%
0%
0%

1.
2.
3.
4.

Ice
Wind
Gravity
water
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

When wind blows sand up around
an obstacle, it can create a:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Sand dune
Loess deposit
Moraine
30
mudslide

0%

a.

0 of 30

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The mixture of sediments
deposited by a glacier is called
loess.
1. True
2. False
30 Seconds
Remaining

0 of 30

0%
1

0%
2

What do we call the periods in
history in which Earth was covered
in glaciers?
a.
b.
c.
d.

0 of 30

Epochs
Bronze Age
Ice Age
Jurassic
period

0%

30

a.

b.

c.

d.

What are the 2 types of glaciers?
a. Valley and Arctic
b. Valley and
Mountain
c. Continental and
Arctic
d. Continental and
Valley
30

0%

0%

0%

0%

0 of 30
a.

b.

c.

d.


Slide 28

Weathering and Erosion
Review

Which of the following is not an example of
mechanical weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Actions of animals
Water
Abrasion
Freezing and
Thawing.
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 types of
weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Mechanical and
chemical
Mechanical and
kinetic
Chemical and
erosion
Erosion and
deposition.
30

0%
30 Seconds
Remaining

a.

0

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

The movement of rock particles by
ice, wind, water, or gravity is:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Weathering
Deposition
Abrasion
Erosion
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

True or False:
After chemical weathering, the
chemical make-up of the sediments
is the same as the original rock.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%
2

Which layer of soil has the greatest
amount of humus?
a. Horizon B;
subsoil
b. Horizon C;
weathered rock
c. Horizon A; topsoil
d. Bedrock
30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What type of soil conservation
plants crops along the curve of a
slope?

1. Contour farming
2. Conservation
plowing
3. Terracing
30 Seconds
4. Windbreaks
Remaining
30

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

What type of mass movement
causes a large chunk of Earth to
slip downhill in one large mass?

a.
b.
c.
d.

Landslide
Mudslide
Creep
Slump

30

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 processes by which
glaciers erode the land?
a. Deflation and
abrasion
b. Plucking and
Deflation
c. Plucking and
Abrasion
d. Deflation and
Deposition.

True or False
The stronger the wind, the larger
the sediments that can be moved.
1. True
2. False

Which of the following does not
influence the speed of running
water?
1. The shape of the
stream channel
2. The age of the
river.
3. The slope of the
river.
4. The amount of
water in a river.

What do we call the sediment that
is carried in a river?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Load
Till
Sediment
Dust

Freezing and thawing can weather
rocks through a process called:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Deposition
Ice wedging
Deflation
Plucking

A rock containing iron becomes soft
and crumbly as it begins to rust. It
has probably been chemically
weathered by:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Plants
Carbon dioxide
Oxygen
Acid Rain

What do we call the solid layer of
rock beneath all soil horizons?
0%
0%
0%
0%

a.
b.
c.
d.

Bedrock
Gravel
Subsoil
Granite

30

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0
0

The decayed organic material
found in topsoil is referred to as:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Silt
Litter
Humus
Clay

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

Why is soil considered to be a
valuable resource?
a. It is important to
all living things on
land.
b. It contains sand
and gravel.
c. It protects Earth’s
crust.
d. All of the above.

30

30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
00

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What event occurred in the 1930s
and was responsible for the
creation of soil conservation
techniques?
1. The great

30

depression
2. WW II
3. The advent of the
motorized plow
4. The Dust Bowl
30 Seconds
Remaining0%
0

1

0%
2

0%
3

0%
4

10

What is the order of Earth’s
destructive forces?

1. Deposition, erosion,
weathering.
2. Erosion, weathering,
deposition.
3. Weathering, erosion,
deposition.
4. Weathering,
deposition, erosion.

30

30

0%30 Seconds
0%

0%

0%

Remaining

0

1

0

2

3

4

Which soil particle is the largest?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Gravel
Sand
Clay
Silt

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining
0
0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
Weathering is the process by which
sediment is laid down in a new
location.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

30

10 Seconds
Remaining

0%
1

0
0

0%
2

Landslides, Mudflows, Creep, and
Slump are all examples of what
force?

1.
2.
3.
4.

runoff
soil formation
deflation
mass movement
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

Glaciers can only form when:

30

a. More snow falls than
melts
b. There is an ice age
c. The amount of snow
exceeds the amount
of rain.
d. None of the above.

30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What do we call the water that
moves over Earth’s surface?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Runoff
Watershed
Groundwater
Ice

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

A _________is a ridge of till left
behind by a glacier.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Kettle
Fiord
Moraine
Drumlin

0%

30

:30

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The process by which wind
removes surface materials is called
deflation
1. True
2. False
30

0%

30

0
1

2

Which of the following
30 characteristics influence the
percolation rate of a sediment?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Type of rock
Sediment size
Climate
The color of the
sediment.
0%

0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What characteristic of a material
describes the ability of water to
flow through that material?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Percolation rate
Porosity
Permeability
Deposition.
30

0%

0
a.

b.

c.

d.

Which soil conservation technique
helps to conserve soil by planting
bushes or trees along the edges of
a field to prevent wind erosion?

30

a.
b.
c.
d.

:30
Terracing
Windbreaks
Gully reclamation
Contour farming

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 factors that
determine the rate of weathering?

30

a. Climate and age
b. Type of rock and
age
c. Type of rock and
location
d. Type of rock and
climate.
30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What is the major agent of erosion?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Wind
Water
Ice
Gravity

0%
30

30

a.
0

b.

c.

d.

What force is responsible for
creating mass movement?
0%
0%
0%
0%

1.
2.
3.
4.

Ice
Wind
Gravity
water
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

When wind blows sand up around
an obstacle, it can create a:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Sand dune
Loess deposit
Moraine
30
mudslide

0%

a.

0 of 30

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The mixture of sediments
deposited by a glacier is called
loess.
1. True
2. False
30 Seconds
Remaining

0 of 30

0%
1

0%
2

What do we call the periods in
history in which Earth was covered
in glaciers?
a.
b.
c.
d.

0 of 30

Epochs
Bronze Age
Ice Age
Jurassic
period

0%

30

a.

b.

c.

d.

What are the 2 types of glaciers?
a. Valley and Arctic
b. Valley and
Mountain
c. Continental and
Arctic
d. Continental and
Valley
30

0%

0%

0%

0%

0 of 30
a.

b.

c.

d.


Slide 29

Weathering and Erosion
Review

Which of the following is not an example of
mechanical weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Actions of animals
Water
Abrasion
Freezing and
Thawing.
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 types of
weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Mechanical and
chemical
Mechanical and
kinetic
Chemical and
erosion
Erosion and
deposition.
30

0%
30 Seconds
Remaining

a.

0

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

The movement of rock particles by
ice, wind, water, or gravity is:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Weathering
Deposition
Abrasion
Erosion
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

True or False:
After chemical weathering, the
chemical make-up of the sediments
is the same as the original rock.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%
2

Which layer of soil has the greatest
amount of humus?
a. Horizon B;
subsoil
b. Horizon C;
weathered rock
c. Horizon A; topsoil
d. Bedrock
30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What type of soil conservation
plants crops along the curve of a
slope?

1. Contour farming
2. Conservation
plowing
3. Terracing
30 Seconds
4. Windbreaks
Remaining
30

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

What type of mass movement
causes a large chunk of Earth to
slip downhill in one large mass?

a.
b.
c.
d.

Landslide
Mudslide
Creep
Slump

30

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 processes by which
glaciers erode the land?
a. Deflation and
abrasion
b. Plucking and
Deflation
c. Plucking and
Abrasion
d. Deflation and
Deposition.

True or False
The stronger the wind, the larger
the sediments that can be moved.
1. True
2. False

Which of the following does not
influence the speed of running
water?
1. The shape of the
stream channel
2. The age of the
river.
3. The slope of the
river.
4. The amount of
water in a river.

What do we call the sediment that
is carried in a river?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Load
Till
Sediment
Dust

Freezing and thawing can weather
rocks through a process called:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Deposition
Ice wedging
Deflation
Plucking

A rock containing iron becomes soft
and crumbly as it begins to rust. It
has probably been chemically
weathered by:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Plants
Carbon dioxide
Oxygen
Acid Rain

What do we call the solid layer of
rock beneath all soil horizons?
0%
0%
0%
0%

a.
b.
c.
d.

Bedrock
Gravel
Subsoil
Granite

30

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0
0

The decayed organic material
found in topsoil is referred to as:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Silt
Litter
Humus
Clay

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

Why is soil considered to be a
valuable resource?
a. It is important to
all living things on
land.
b. It contains sand
and gravel.
c. It protects Earth’s
crust.
d. All of the above.

30

30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
00

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What event occurred in the 1930s
and was responsible for the
creation of soil conservation
techniques?
1. The great

30

depression
2. WW II
3. The advent of the
motorized plow
4. The Dust Bowl
30 Seconds
Remaining0%
0

1

0%
2

0%
3

0%
4

10

What is the order of Earth’s
destructive forces?

1. Deposition, erosion,
weathering.
2. Erosion, weathering,
deposition.
3. Weathering, erosion,
deposition.
4. Weathering,
deposition, erosion.

30

30

0%30 Seconds
0%

0%

0%

Remaining

0

1

0

2

3

4

Which soil particle is the largest?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Gravel
Sand
Clay
Silt

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining
0
0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
Weathering is the process by which
sediment is laid down in a new
location.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

30

10 Seconds
Remaining

0%
1

0
0

0%
2

Landslides, Mudflows, Creep, and
Slump are all examples of what
force?

1.
2.
3.
4.

runoff
soil formation
deflation
mass movement
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

Glaciers can only form when:

30

a. More snow falls than
melts
b. There is an ice age
c. The amount of snow
exceeds the amount
of rain.
d. None of the above.

30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What do we call the water that
moves over Earth’s surface?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Runoff
Watershed
Groundwater
Ice

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

A _________is a ridge of till left
behind by a glacier.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Kettle
Fiord
Moraine
Drumlin

0%

30

:30

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The process by which wind
removes surface materials is called
deflation
1. True
2. False
30

0%

30

0
1

2

Which of the following
30 characteristics influence the
percolation rate of a sediment?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Type of rock
Sediment size
Climate
The color of the
sediment.
0%

0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What characteristic of a material
describes the ability of water to
flow through that material?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Percolation rate
Porosity
Permeability
Deposition.
30

0%

0
a.

b.

c.

d.

Which soil conservation technique
helps to conserve soil by planting
bushes or trees along the edges of
a field to prevent wind erosion?

30

a.
b.
c.
d.

:30
Terracing
Windbreaks
Gully reclamation
Contour farming

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 factors that
determine the rate of weathering?

30

a. Climate and age
b. Type of rock and
age
c. Type of rock and
location
d. Type of rock and
climate.
30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What is the major agent of erosion?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Wind
Water
Ice
Gravity

0%
30

30

a.
0

b.

c.

d.

What force is responsible for
creating mass movement?
0%
0%
0%
0%

1.
2.
3.
4.

Ice
Wind
Gravity
water
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

When wind blows sand up around
an obstacle, it can create a:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Sand dune
Loess deposit
Moraine
30
mudslide

0%

a.

0 of 30

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The mixture of sediments
deposited by a glacier is called
loess.
1. True
2. False
30 Seconds
Remaining

0 of 30

0%
1

0%
2

What do we call the periods in
history in which Earth was covered
in glaciers?
a.
b.
c.
d.

0 of 30

Epochs
Bronze Age
Ice Age
Jurassic
period

0%

30

a.

b.

c.

d.

What are the 2 types of glaciers?
a. Valley and Arctic
b. Valley and
Mountain
c. Continental and
Arctic
d. Continental and
Valley
30

0%

0%

0%

0%

0 of 30
a.

b.

c.

d.


Slide 30

Weathering and Erosion
Review

Which of the following is not an example of
mechanical weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Actions of animals
Water
Abrasion
Freezing and
Thawing.
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 types of
weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Mechanical and
chemical
Mechanical and
kinetic
Chemical and
erosion
Erosion and
deposition.
30

0%
30 Seconds
Remaining

a.

0

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

The movement of rock particles by
ice, wind, water, or gravity is:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Weathering
Deposition
Abrasion
Erosion
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

True or False:
After chemical weathering, the
chemical make-up of the sediments
is the same as the original rock.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%
2

Which layer of soil has the greatest
amount of humus?
a. Horizon B;
subsoil
b. Horizon C;
weathered rock
c. Horizon A; topsoil
d. Bedrock
30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What type of soil conservation
plants crops along the curve of a
slope?

1. Contour farming
2. Conservation
plowing
3. Terracing
30 Seconds
4. Windbreaks
Remaining
30

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

What type of mass movement
causes a large chunk of Earth to
slip downhill in one large mass?

a.
b.
c.
d.

Landslide
Mudslide
Creep
Slump

30

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 processes by which
glaciers erode the land?
a. Deflation and
abrasion
b. Plucking and
Deflation
c. Plucking and
Abrasion
d. Deflation and
Deposition.

True or False
The stronger the wind, the larger
the sediments that can be moved.
1. True
2. False

Which of the following does not
influence the speed of running
water?
1. The shape of the
stream channel
2. The age of the
river.
3. The slope of the
river.
4. The amount of
water in a river.

What do we call the sediment that
is carried in a river?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Load
Till
Sediment
Dust

Freezing and thawing can weather
rocks through a process called:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Deposition
Ice wedging
Deflation
Plucking

A rock containing iron becomes soft
and crumbly as it begins to rust. It
has probably been chemically
weathered by:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Plants
Carbon dioxide
Oxygen
Acid Rain

What do we call the solid layer of
rock beneath all soil horizons?
0%
0%
0%
0%

a.
b.
c.
d.

Bedrock
Gravel
Subsoil
Granite

30

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0
0

The decayed organic material
found in topsoil is referred to as:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Silt
Litter
Humus
Clay

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

Why is soil considered to be a
valuable resource?
a. It is important to
all living things on
land.
b. It contains sand
and gravel.
c. It protects Earth’s
crust.
d. All of the above.

30

30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
00

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What event occurred in the 1930s
and was responsible for the
creation of soil conservation
techniques?
1. The great

30

depression
2. WW II
3. The advent of the
motorized plow
4. The Dust Bowl
30 Seconds
Remaining0%
0

1

0%
2

0%
3

0%
4

10

What is the order of Earth’s
destructive forces?

1. Deposition, erosion,
weathering.
2. Erosion, weathering,
deposition.
3. Weathering, erosion,
deposition.
4. Weathering,
deposition, erosion.

30

30

0%30 Seconds
0%

0%

0%

Remaining

0

1

0

2

3

4

Which soil particle is the largest?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Gravel
Sand
Clay
Silt

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining
0
0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
Weathering is the process by which
sediment is laid down in a new
location.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

30

10 Seconds
Remaining

0%
1

0
0

0%
2

Landslides, Mudflows, Creep, and
Slump are all examples of what
force?

1.
2.
3.
4.

runoff
soil formation
deflation
mass movement
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

Glaciers can only form when:

30

a. More snow falls than
melts
b. There is an ice age
c. The amount of snow
exceeds the amount
of rain.
d. None of the above.

30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What do we call the water that
moves over Earth’s surface?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Runoff
Watershed
Groundwater
Ice

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

A _________is a ridge of till left
behind by a glacier.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Kettle
Fiord
Moraine
Drumlin

0%

30

:30

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The process by which wind
removes surface materials is called
deflation
1. True
2. False
30

0%

30

0
1

2

Which of the following
30 characteristics influence the
percolation rate of a sediment?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Type of rock
Sediment size
Climate
The color of the
sediment.
0%

0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What characteristic of a material
describes the ability of water to
flow through that material?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Percolation rate
Porosity
Permeability
Deposition.
30

0%

0
a.

b.

c.

d.

Which soil conservation technique
helps to conserve soil by planting
bushes or trees along the edges of
a field to prevent wind erosion?

30

a.
b.
c.
d.

:30
Terracing
Windbreaks
Gully reclamation
Contour farming

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 factors that
determine the rate of weathering?

30

a. Climate and age
b. Type of rock and
age
c. Type of rock and
location
d. Type of rock and
climate.
30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What is the major agent of erosion?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Wind
Water
Ice
Gravity

0%
30

30

a.
0

b.

c.

d.

What force is responsible for
creating mass movement?
0%
0%
0%
0%

1.
2.
3.
4.

Ice
Wind
Gravity
water
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

When wind blows sand up around
an obstacle, it can create a:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Sand dune
Loess deposit
Moraine
30
mudslide

0%

a.

0 of 30

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The mixture of sediments
deposited by a glacier is called
loess.
1. True
2. False
30 Seconds
Remaining

0 of 30

0%
1

0%
2

What do we call the periods in
history in which Earth was covered
in glaciers?
a.
b.
c.
d.

0 of 30

Epochs
Bronze Age
Ice Age
Jurassic
period

0%

30

a.

b.

c.

d.

What are the 2 types of glaciers?
a. Valley and Arctic
b. Valley and
Mountain
c. Continental and
Arctic
d. Continental and
Valley
30

0%

0%

0%

0%

0 of 30
a.

b.

c.

d.


Slide 31

Weathering and Erosion
Review

Which of the following is not an example of
mechanical weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Actions of animals
Water
Abrasion
Freezing and
Thawing.
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 types of
weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Mechanical and
chemical
Mechanical and
kinetic
Chemical and
erosion
Erosion and
deposition.
30

0%
30 Seconds
Remaining

a.

0

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

The movement of rock particles by
ice, wind, water, or gravity is:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Weathering
Deposition
Abrasion
Erosion
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

True or False:
After chemical weathering, the
chemical make-up of the sediments
is the same as the original rock.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%
2

Which layer of soil has the greatest
amount of humus?
a. Horizon B;
subsoil
b. Horizon C;
weathered rock
c. Horizon A; topsoil
d. Bedrock
30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What type of soil conservation
plants crops along the curve of a
slope?

1. Contour farming
2. Conservation
plowing
3. Terracing
30 Seconds
4. Windbreaks
Remaining
30

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

What type of mass movement
causes a large chunk of Earth to
slip downhill in one large mass?

a.
b.
c.
d.

Landslide
Mudslide
Creep
Slump

30

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 processes by which
glaciers erode the land?
a. Deflation and
abrasion
b. Plucking and
Deflation
c. Plucking and
Abrasion
d. Deflation and
Deposition.

True or False
The stronger the wind, the larger
the sediments that can be moved.
1. True
2. False

Which of the following does not
influence the speed of running
water?
1. The shape of the
stream channel
2. The age of the
river.
3. The slope of the
river.
4. The amount of
water in a river.

What do we call the sediment that
is carried in a river?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Load
Till
Sediment
Dust

Freezing and thawing can weather
rocks through a process called:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Deposition
Ice wedging
Deflation
Plucking

A rock containing iron becomes soft
and crumbly as it begins to rust. It
has probably been chemically
weathered by:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Plants
Carbon dioxide
Oxygen
Acid Rain

What do we call the solid layer of
rock beneath all soil horizons?
0%
0%
0%
0%

a.
b.
c.
d.

Bedrock
Gravel
Subsoil
Granite

30

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0
0

The decayed organic material
found in topsoil is referred to as:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Silt
Litter
Humus
Clay

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

Why is soil considered to be a
valuable resource?
a. It is important to
all living things on
land.
b. It contains sand
and gravel.
c. It protects Earth’s
crust.
d. All of the above.

30

30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
00

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What event occurred in the 1930s
and was responsible for the
creation of soil conservation
techniques?
1. The great

30

depression
2. WW II
3. The advent of the
motorized plow
4. The Dust Bowl
30 Seconds
Remaining0%
0

1

0%
2

0%
3

0%
4

10

What is the order of Earth’s
destructive forces?

1. Deposition, erosion,
weathering.
2. Erosion, weathering,
deposition.
3. Weathering, erosion,
deposition.
4. Weathering,
deposition, erosion.

30

30

0%30 Seconds
0%

0%

0%

Remaining

0

1

0

2

3

4

Which soil particle is the largest?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Gravel
Sand
Clay
Silt

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining
0
0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
Weathering is the process by which
sediment is laid down in a new
location.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

30

10 Seconds
Remaining

0%
1

0
0

0%
2

Landslides, Mudflows, Creep, and
Slump are all examples of what
force?

1.
2.
3.
4.

runoff
soil formation
deflation
mass movement
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

Glaciers can only form when:

30

a. More snow falls than
melts
b. There is an ice age
c. The amount of snow
exceeds the amount
of rain.
d. None of the above.

30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What do we call the water that
moves over Earth’s surface?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Runoff
Watershed
Groundwater
Ice

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

A _________is a ridge of till left
behind by a glacier.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Kettle
Fiord
Moraine
Drumlin

0%

30

:30

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The process by which wind
removes surface materials is called
deflation
1. True
2. False
30

0%

30

0
1

2

Which of the following
30 characteristics influence the
percolation rate of a sediment?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Type of rock
Sediment size
Climate
The color of the
sediment.
0%

0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What characteristic of a material
describes the ability of water to
flow through that material?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Percolation rate
Porosity
Permeability
Deposition.
30

0%

0
a.

b.

c.

d.

Which soil conservation technique
helps to conserve soil by planting
bushes or trees along the edges of
a field to prevent wind erosion?

30

a.
b.
c.
d.

:30
Terracing
Windbreaks
Gully reclamation
Contour farming

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 factors that
determine the rate of weathering?

30

a. Climate and age
b. Type of rock and
age
c. Type of rock and
location
d. Type of rock and
climate.
30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What is the major agent of erosion?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Wind
Water
Ice
Gravity

0%
30

30

a.
0

b.

c.

d.

What force is responsible for
creating mass movement?
0%
0%
0%
0%

1.
2.
3.
4.

Ice
Wind
Gravity
water
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

When wind blows sand up around
an obstacle, it can create a:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Sand dune
Loess deposit
Moraine
30
mudslide

0%

a.

0 of 30

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The mixture of sediments
deposited by a glacier is called
loess.
1. True
2. False
30 Seconds
Remaining

0 of 30

0%
1

0%
2

What do we call the periods in
history in which Earth was covered
in glaciers?
a.
b.
c.
d.

0 of 30

Epochs
Bronze Age
Ice Age
Jurassic
period

0%

30

a.

b.

c.

d.

What are the 2 types of glaciers?
a. Valley and Arctic
b. Valley and
Mountain
c. Continental and
Arctic
d. Continental and
Valley
30

0%

0%

0%

0%

0 of 30
a.

b.

c.

d.


Slide 32

Weathering and Erosion
Review

Which of the following is not an example of
mechanical weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Actions of animals
Water
Abrasion
Freezing and
Thawing.
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 types of
weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Mechanical and
chemical
Mechanical and
kinetic
Chemical and
erosion
Erosion and
deposition.
30

0%
30 Seconds
Remaining

a.

0

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

The movement of rock particles by
ice, wind, water, or gravity is:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Weathering
Deposition
Abrasion
Erosion
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

True or False:
After chemical weathering, the
chemical make-up of the sediments
is the same as the original rock.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%
2

Which layer of soil has the greatest
amount of humus?
a. Horizon B;
subsoil
b. Horizon C;
weathered rock
c. Horizon A; topsoil
d. Bedrock
30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What type of soil conservation
plants crops along the curve of a
slope?

1. Contour farming
2. Conservation
plowing
3. Terracing
30 Seconds
4. Windbreaks
Remaining
30

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

What type of mass movement
causes a large chunk of Earth to
slip downhill in one large mass?

a.
b.
c.
d.

Landslide
Mudslide
Creep
Slump

30

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 processes by which
glaciers erode the land?
a. Deflation and
abrasion
b. Plucking and
Deflation
c. Plucking and
Abrasion
d. Deflation and
Deposition.

True or False
The stronger the wind, the larger
the sediments that can be moved.
1. True
2. False

Which of the following does not
influence the speed of running
water?
1. The shape of the
stream channel
2. The age of the
river.
3. The slope of the
river.
4. The amount of
water in a river.

What do we call the sediment that
is carried in a river?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Load
Till
Sediment
Dust

Freezing and thawing can weather
rocks through a process called:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Deposition
Ice wedging
Deflation
Plucking

A rock containing iron becomes soft
and crumbly as it begins to rust. It
has probably been chemically
weathered by:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Plants
Carbon dioxide
Oxygen
Acid Rain

What do we call the solid layer of
rock beneath all soil horizons?
0%
0%
0%
0%

a.
b.
c.
d.

Bedrock
Gravel
Subsoil
Granite

30

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0
0

The decayed organic material
found in topsoil is referred to as:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Silt
Litter
Humus
Clay

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

Why is soil considered to be a
valuable resource?
a. It is important to
all living things on
land.
b. It contains sand
and gravel.
c. It protects Earth’s
crust.
d. All of the above.

30

30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
00

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What event occurred in the 1930s
and was responsible for the
creation of soil conservation
techniques?
1. The great

30

depression
2. WW II
3. The advent of the
motorized plow
4. The Dust Bowl
30 Seconds
Remaining0%
0

1

0%
2

0%
3

0%
4

10

What is the order of Earth’s
destructive forces?

1. Deposition, erosion,
weathering.
2. Erosion, weathering,
deposition.
3. Weathering, erosion,
deposition.
4. Weathering,
deposition, erosion.

30

30

0%30 Seconds
0%

0%

0%

Remaining

0

1

0

2

3

4

Which soil particle is the largest?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Gravel
Sand
Clay
Silt

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining
0
0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
Weathering is the process by which
sediment is laid down in a new
location.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

30

10 Seconds
Remaining

0%
1

0
0

0%
2

Landslides, Mudflows, Creep, and
Slump are all examples of what
force?

1.
2.
3.
4.

runoff
soil formation
deflation
mass movement
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

Glaciers can only form when:

30

a. More snow falls than
melts
b. There is an ice age
c. The amount of snow
exceeds the amount
of rain.
d. None of the above.

30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What do we call the water that
moves over Earth’s surface?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Runoff
Watershed
Groundwater
Ice

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

A _________is a ridge of till left
behind by a glacier.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Kettle
Fiord
Moraine
Drumlin

0%

30

:30

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The process by which wind
removes surface materials is called
deflation
1. True
2. False
30

0%

30

0
1

2

Which of the following
30 characteristics influence the
percolation rate of a sediment?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Type of rock
Sediment size
Climate
The color of the
sediment.
0%

0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What characteristic of a material
describes the ability of water to
flow through that material?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Percolation rate
Porosity
Permeability
Deposition.
30

0%

0
a.

b.

c.

d.

Which soil conservation technique
helps to conserve soil by planting
bushes or trees along the edges of
a field to prevent wind erosion?

30

a.
b.
c.
d.

:30
Terracing
Windbreaks
Gully reclamation
Contour farming

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 factors that
determine the rate of weathering?

30

a. Climate and age
b. Type of rock and
age
c. Type of rock and
location
d. Type of rock and
climate.
30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What is the major agent of erosion?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Wind
Water
Ice
Gravity

0%
30

30

a.
0

b.

c.

d.

What force is responsible for
creating mass movement?
0%
0%
0%
0%

1.
2.
3.
4.

Ice
Wind
Gravity
water
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

When wind blows sand up around
an obstacle, it can create a:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Sand dune
Loess deposit
Moraine
30
mudslide

0%

a.

0 of 30

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The mixture of sediments
deposited by a glacier is called
loess.
1. True
2. False
30 Seconds
Remaining

0 of 30

0%
1

0%
2

What do we call the periods in
history in which Earth was covered
in glaciers?
a.
b.
c.
d.

0 of 30

Epochs
Bronze Age
Ice Age
Jurassic
period

0%

30

a.

b.

c.

d.

What are the 2 types of glaciers?
a. Valley and Arctic
b. Valley and
Mountain
c. Continental and
Arctic
d. Continental and
Valley
30

0%

0%

0%

0%

0 of 30
a.

b.

c.

d.


Slide 33

Weathering and Erosion
Review

Which of the following is not an example of
mechanical weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Actions of animals
Water
Abrasion
Freezing and
Thawing.
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 types of
weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Mechanical and
chemical
Mechanical and
kinetic
Chemical and
erosion
Erosion and
deposition.
30

0%
30 Seconds
Remaining

a.

0

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

The movement of rock particles by
ice, wind, water, or gravity is:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Weathering
Deposition
Abrasion
Erosion
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

True or False:
After chemical weathering, the
chemical make-up of the sediments
is the same as the original rock.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%
2

Which layer of soil has the greatest
amount of humus?
a. Horizon B;
subsoil
b. Horizon C;
weathered rock
c. Horizon A; topsoil
d. Bedrock
30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What type of soil conservation
plants crops along the curve of a
slope?

1. Contour farming
2. Conservation
plowing
3. Terracing
30 Seconds
4. Windbreaks
Remaining
30

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

What type of mass movement
causes a large chunk of Earth to
slip downhill in one large mass?

a.
b.
c.
d.

Landslide
Mudslide
Creep
Slump

30

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 processes by which
glaciers erode the land?
a. Deflation and
abrasion
b. Plucking and
Deflation
c. Plucking and
Abrasion
d. Deflation and
Deposition.

True or False
The stronger the wind, the larger
the sediments that can be moved.
1. True
2. False

Which of the following does not
influence the speed of running
water?
1. The shape of the
stream channel
2. The age of the
river.
3. The slope of the
river.
4. The amount of
water in a river.

What do we call the sediment that
is carried in a river?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Load
Till
Sediment
Dust

Freezing and thawing can weather
rocks through a process called:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Deposition
Ice wedging
Deflation
Plucking

A rock containing iron becomes soft
and crumbly as it begins to rust. It
has probably been chemically
weathered by:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Plants
Carbon dioxide
Oxygen
Acid Rain

What do we call the solid layer of
rock beneath all soil horizons?
0%
0%
0%
0%

a.
b.
c.
d.

Bedrock
Gravel
Subsoil
Granite

30

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0
0

The decayed organic material
found in topsoil is referred to as:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Silt
Litter
Humus
Clay

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

Why is soil considered to be a
valuable resource?
a. It is important to
all living things on
land.
b. It contains sand
and gravel.
c. It protects Earth’s
crust.
d. All of the above.

30

30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
00

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What event occurred in the 1930s
and was responsible for the
creation of soil conservation
techniques?
1. The great

30

depression
2. WW II
3. The advent of the
motorized plow
4. The Dust Bowl
30 Seconds
Remaining0%
0

1

0%
2

0%
3

0%
4

10

What is the order of Earth’s
destructive forces?

1. Deposition, erosion,
weathering.
2. Erosion, weathering,
deposition.
3. Weathering, erosion,
deposition.
4. Weathering,
deposition, erosion.

30

30

0%30 Seconds
0%

0%

0%

Remaining

0

1

0

2

3

4

Which soil particle is the largest?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Gravel
Sand
Clay
Silt

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining
0
0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
Weathering is the process by which
sediment is laid down in a new
location.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

30

10 Seconds
Remaining

0%
1

0
0

0%
2

Landslides, Mudflows, Creep, and
Slump are all examples of what
force?

1.
2.
3.
4.

runoff
soil formation
deflation
mass movement
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

Glaciers can only form when:

30

a. More snow falls than
melts
b. There is an ice age
c. The amount of snow
exceeds the amount
of rain.
d. None of the above.

30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What do we call the water that
moves over Earth’s surface?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Runoff
Watershed
Groundwater
Ice

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

A _________is a ridge of till left
behind by a glacier.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Kettle
Fiord
Moraine
Drumlin

0%

30

:30

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The process by which wind
removes surface materials is called
deflation
1. True
2. False
30

0%

30

0
1

2

Which of the following
30 characteristics influence the
percolation rate of a sediment?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Type of rock
Sediment size
Climate
The color of the
sediment.
0%

0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What characteristic of a material
describes the ability of water to
flow through that material?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Percolation rate
Porosity
Permeability
Deposition.
30

0%

0
a.

b.

c.

d.

Which soil conservation technique
helps to conserve soil by planting
bushes or trees along the edges of
a field to prevent wind erosion?

30

a.
b.
c.
d.

:30
Terracing
Windbreaks
Gully reclamation
Contour farming

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 factors that
determine the rate of weathering?

30

a. Climate and age
b. Type of rock and
age
c. Type of rock and
location
d. Type of rock and
climate.
30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What is the major agent of erosion?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Wind
Water
Ice
Gravity

0%
30

30

a.
0

b.

c.

d.

What force is responsible for
creating mass movement?
0%
0%
0%
0%

1.
2.
3.
4.

Ice
Wind
Gravity
water
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

When wind blows sand up around
an obstacle, it can create a:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Sand dune
Loess deposit
Moraine
30
mudslide

0%

a.

0 of 30

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The mixture of sediments
deposited by a glacier is called
loess.
1. True
2. False
30 Seconds
Remaining

0 of 30

0%
1

0%
2

What do we call the periods in
history in which Earth was covered
in glaciers?
a.
b.
c.
d.

0 of 30

Epochs
Bronze Age
Ice Age
Jurassic
period

0%

30

a.

b.

c.

d.

What are the 2 types of glaciers?
a. Valley and Arctic
b. Valley and
Mountain
c. Continental and
Arctic
d. Continental and
Valley
30

0%

0%

0%

0%

0 of 30
a.

b.

c.

d.


Slide 34

Weathering and Erosion
Review

Which of the following is not an example of
mechanical weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Actions of animals
Water
Abrasion
Freezing and
Thawing.
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 types of
weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Mechanical and
chemical
Mechanical and
kinetic
Chemical and
erosion
Erosion and
deposition.
30

0%
30 Seconds
Remaining

a.

0

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

The movement of rock particles by
ice, wind, water, or gravity is:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Weathering
Deposition
Abrasion
Erosion
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

True or False:
After chemical weathering, the
chemical make-up of the sediments
is the same as the original rock.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%
2

Which layer of soil has the greatest
amount of humus?
a. Horizon B;
subsoil
b. Horizon C;
weathered rock
c. Horizon A; topsoil
d. Bedrock
30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What type of soil conservation
plants crops along the curve of a
slope?

1. Contour farming
2. Conservation
plowing
3. Terracing
30 Seconds
4. Windbreaks
Remaining
30

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

What type of mass movement
causes a large chunk of Earth to
slip downhill in one large mass?

a.
b.
c.
d.

Landslide
Mudslide
Creep
Slump

30

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 processes by which
glaciers erode the land?
a. Deflation and
abrasion
b. Plucking and
Deflation
c. Plucking and
Abrasion
d. Deflation and
Deposition.

True or False
The stronger the wind, the larger
the sediments that can be moved.
1. True
2. False

Which of the following does not
influence the speed of running
water?
1. The shape of the
stream channel
2. The age of the
river.
3. The slope of the
river.
4. The amount of
water in a river.

What do we call the sediment that
is carried in a river?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Load
Till
Sediment
Dust

Freezing and thawing can weather
rocks through a process called:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Deposition
Ice wedging
Deflation
Plucking

A rock containing iron becomes soft
and crumbly as it begins to rust. It
has probably been chemically
weathered by:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Plants
Carbon dioxide
Oxygen
Acid Rain

What do we call the solid layer of
rock beneath all soil horizons?
0%
0%
0%
0%

a.
b.
c.
d.

Bedrock
Gravel
Subsoil
Granite

30

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0
0

The decayed organic material
found in topsoil is referred to as:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Silt
Litter
Humus
Clay

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

Why is soil considered to be a
valuable resource?
a. It is important to
all living things on
land.
b. It contains sand
and gravel.
c. It protects Earth’s
crust.
d. All of the above.

30

30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
00

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What event occurred in the 1930s
and was responsible for the
creation of soil conservation
techniques?
1. The great

30

depression
2. WW II
3. The advent of the
motorized plow
4. The Dust Bowl
30 Seconds
Remaining0%
0

1

0%
2

0%
3

0%
4

10

What is the order of Earth’s
destructive forces?

1. Deposition, erosion,
weathering.
2. Erosion, weathering,
deposition.
3. Weathering, erosion,
deposition.
4. Weathering,
deposition, erosion.

30

30

0%30 Seconds
0%

0%

0%

Remaining

0

1

0

2

3

4

Which soil particle is the largest?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Gravel
Sand
Clay
Silt

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining
0
0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
Weathering is the process by which
sediment is laid down in a new
location.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

30

10 Seconds
Remaining

0%
1

0
0

0%
2

Landslides, Mudflows, Creep, and
Slump are all examples of what
force?

1.
2.
3.
4.

runoff
soil formation
deflation
mass movement
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

Glaciers can only form when:

30

a. More snow falls than
melts
b. There is an ice age
c. The amount of snow
exceeds the amount
of rain.
d. None of the above.

30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What do we call the water that
moves over Earth’s surface?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Runoff
Watershed
Groundwater
Ice

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

A _________is a ridge of till left
behind by a glacier.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Kettle
Fiord
Moraine
Drumlin

0%

30

:30

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The process by which wind
removes surface materials is called
deflation
1. True
2. False
30

0%

30

0
1

2

Which of the following
30 characteristics influence the
percolation rate of a sediment?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Type of rock
Sediment size
Climate
The color of the
sediment.
0%

0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What characteristic of a material
describes the ability of water to
flow through that material?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Percolation rate
Porosity
Permeability
Deposition.
30

0%

0
a.

b.

c.

d.

Which soil conservation technique
helps to conserve soil by planting
bushes or trees along the edges of
a field to prevent wind erosion?

30

a.
b.
c.
d.

:30
Terracing
Windbreaks
Gully reclamation
Contour farming

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 factors that
determine the rate of weathering?

30

a. Climate and age
b. Type of rock and
age
c. Type of rock and
location
d. Type of rock and
climate.
30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What is the major agent of erosion?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Wind
Water
Ice
Gravity

0%
30

30

a.
0

b.

c.

d.

What force is responsible for
creating mass movement?
0%
0%
0%
0%

1.
2.
3.
4.

Ice
Wind
Gravity
water
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

When wind blows sand up around
an obstacle, it can create a:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Sand dune
Loess deposit
Moraine
30
mudslide

0%

a.

0 of 30

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The mixture of sediments
deposited by a glacier is called
loess.
1. True
2. False
30 Seconds
Remaining

0 of 30

0%
1

0%
2

What do we call the periods in
history in which Earth was covered
in glaciers?
a.
b.
c.
d.

0 of 30

Epochs
Bronze Age
Ice Age
Jurassic
period

0%

30

a.

b.

c.

d.

What are the 2 types of glaciers?
a. Valley and Arctic
b. Valley and
Mountain
c. Continental and
Arctic
d. Continental and
Valley
30

0%

0%

0%

0%

0 of 30
a.

b.

c.

d.


Slide 35

Weathering and Erosion
Review

Which of the following is not an example of
mechanical weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Actions of animals
Water
Abrasion
Freezing and
Thawing.
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 types of
weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Mechanical and
chemical
Mechanical and
kinetic
Chemical and
erosion
Erosion and
deposition.
30

0%
30 Seconds
Remaining

a.

0

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

The movement of rock particles by
ice, wind, water, or gravity is:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Weathering
Deposition
Abrasion
Erosion
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

True or False:
After chemical weathering, the
chemical make-up of the sediments
is the same as the original rock.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%
2

Which layer of soil has the greatest
amount of humus?
a. Horizon B;
subsoil
b. Horizon C;
weathered rock
c. Horizon A; topsoil
d. Bedrock
30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What type of soil conservation
plants crops along the curve of a
slope?

1. Contour farming
2. Conservation
plowing
3. Terracing
30 Seconds
4. Windbreaks
Remaining
30

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

What type of mass movement
causes a large chunk of Earth to
slip downhill in one large mass?

a.
b.
c.
d.

Landslide
Mudslide
Creep
Slump

30

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 processes by which
glaciers erode the land?
a. Deflation and
abrasion
b. Plucking and
Deflation
c. Plucking and
Abrasion
d. Deflation and
Deposition.

True or False
The stronger the wind, the larger
the sediments that can be moved.
1. True
2. False

Which of the following does not
influence the speed of running
water?
1. The shape of the
stream channel
2. The age of the
river.
3. The slope of the
river.
4. The amount of
water in a river.

What do we call the sediment that
is carried in a river?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Load
Till
Sediment
Dust

Freezing and thawing can weather
rocks through a process called:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Deposition
Ice wedging
Deflation
Plucking

A rock containing iron becomes soft
and crumbly as it begins to rust. It
has probably been chemically
weathered by:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Plants
Carbon dioxide
Oxygen
Acid Rain

What do we call the solid layer of
rock beneath all soil horizons?
0%
0%
0%
0%

a.
b.
c.
d.

Bedrock
Gravel
Subsoil
Granite

30

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0
0

The decayed organic material
found in topsoil is referred to as:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Silt
Litter
Humus
Clay

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

Why is soil considered to be a
valuable resource?
a. It is important to
all living things on
land.
b. It contains sand
and gravel.
c. It protects Earth’s
crust.
d. All of the above.

30

30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
00

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What event occurred in the 1930s
and was responsible for the
creation of soil conservation
techniques?
1. The great

30

depression
2. WW II
3. The advent of the
motorized plow
4. The Dust Bowl
30 Seconds
Remaining0%
0

1

0%
2

0%
3

0%
4

10

What is the order of Earth’s
destructive forces?

1. Deposition, erosion,
weathering.
2. Erosion, weathering,
deposition.
3. Weathering, erosion,
deposition.
4. Weathering,
deposition, erosion.

30

30

0%30 Seconds
0%

0%

0%

Remaining

0

1

0

2

3

4

Which soil particle is the largest?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Gravel
Sand
Clay
Silt

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining
0
0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
Weathering is the process by which
sediment is laid down in a new
location.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

30

10 Seconds
Remaining

0%
1

0
0

0%
2

Landslides, Mudflows, Creep, and
Slump are all examples of what
force?

1.
2.
3.
4.

runoff
soil formation
deflation
mass movement
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

Glaciers can only form when:

30

a. More snow falls than
melts
b. There is an ice age
c. The amount of snow
exceeds the amount
of rain.
d. None of the above.

30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What do we call the water that
moves over Earth’s surface?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Runoff
Watershed
Groundwater
Ice

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

A _________is a ridge of till left
behind by a glacier.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Kettle
Fiord
Moraine
Drumlin

0%

30

:30

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The process by which wind
removes surface materials is called
deflation
1. True
2. False
30

0%

30

0
1

2

Which of the following
30 characteristics influence the
percolation rate of a sediment?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Type of rock
Sediment size
Climate
The color of the
sediment.
0%

0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What characteristic of a material
describes the ability of water to
flow through that material?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Percolation rate
Porosity
Permeability
Deposition.
30

0%

0
a.

b.

c.

d.

Which soil conservation technique
helps to conserve soil by planting
bushes or trees along the edges of
a field to prevent wind erosion?

30

a.
b.
c.
d.

:30
Terracing
Windbreaks
Gully reclamation
Contour farming

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 factors that
determine the rate of weathering?

30

a. Climate and age
b. Type of rock and
age
c. Type of rock and
location
d. Type of rock and
climate.
30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What is the major agent of erosion?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Wind
Water
Ice
Gravity

0%
30

30

a.
0

b.

c.

d.

What force is responsible for
creating mass movement?
0%
0%
0%
0%

1.
2.
3.
4.

Ice
Wind
Gravity
water
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

When wind blows sand up around
an obstacle, it can create a:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Sand dune
Loess deposit
Moraine
30
mudslide

0%

a.

0 of 30

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The mixture of sediments
deposited by a glacier is called
loess.
1. True
2. False
30 Seconds
Remaining

0 of 30

0%
1

0%
2

What do we call the periods in
history in which Earth was covered
in glaciers?
a.
b.
c.
d.

0 of 30

Epochs
Bronze Age
Ice Age
Jurassic
period

0%

30

a.

b.

c.

d.

What are the 2 types of glaciers?
a. Valley and Arctic
b. Valley and
Mountain
c. Continental and
Arctic
d. Continental and
Valley
30

0%

0%

0%

0%

0 of 30
a.

b.

c.

d.


Slide 36

Weathering and Erosion
Review

Which of the following is not an example of
mechanical weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Actions of animals
Water
Abrasion
Freezing and
Thawing.
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 types of
weathering?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Mechanical and
chemical
Mechanical and
kinetic
Chemical and
erosion
Erosion and
deposition.
30

0%
30 Seconds
Remaining

a.

0

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

The movement of rock particles by
ice, wind, water, or gravity is:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Weathering
Deposition
Abrasion
Erosion
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

True or False:
After chemical weathering, the
chemical make-up of the sediments
is the same as the original rock.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%
2

Which layer of soil has the greatest
amount of humus?
a. Horizon B;
subsoil
b. Horizon C;
weathered rock
c. Horizon A; topsoil
d. Bedrock
30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What type of soil conservation
plants crops along the curve of a
slope?

1. Contour farming
2. Conservation
plowing
3. Terracing
30 Seconds
4. Windbreaks
Remaining
30

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

What type of mass movement
causes a large chunk of Earth to
slip downhill in one large mass?

a.
b.
c.
d.

Landslide
Mudslide
Creep
Slump

30

30 Seconds
Remaining
0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 processes by which
glaciers erode the land?
a. Deflation and
abrasion
b. Plucking and
Deflation
c. Plucking and
Abrasion
d. Deflation and
Deposition.

True or False
The stronger the wind, the larger
the sediments that can be moved.
1. True
2. False

Which of the following does not
influence the speed of running
water?
1. The shape of the
stream channel
2. The age of the
river.
3. The slope of the
river.
4. The amount of
water in a river.

What do we call the sediment that
is carried in a river?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Load
Till
Sediment
Dust

Freezing and thawing can weather
rocks through a process called:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Deposition
Ice wedging
Deflation
Plucking

A rock containing iron becomes soft
and crumbly as it begins to rust. It
has probably been chemically
weathered by:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Plants
Carbon dioxide
Oxygen
Acid Rain

What do we call the solid layer of
rock beneath all soil horizons?
0%
0%
0%
0%

a.
b.
c.
d.

Bedrock
Gravel
Subsoil
Granite

30

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0
0

The decayed organic material
found in topsoil is referred to as:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Silt
Litter
Humus
Clay

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

Why is soil considered to be a
valuable resource?
a. It is important to
all living things on
land.
b. It contains sand
and gravel.
c. It protects Earth’s
crust.
d. All of the above.

30

30

0%

30 Seconds
Remaining
00

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What event occurred in the 1930s
and was responsible for the
creation of soil conservation
techniques?
1. The great

30

depression
2. WW II
3. The advent of the
motorized plow
4. The Dust Bowl
30 Seconds
Remaining0%
0

1

0%
2

0%
3

0%
4

10

What is the order of Earth’s
destructive forces?

1. Deposition, erosion,
weathering.
2. Erosion, weathering,
deposition.
3. Weathering, erosion,
deposition.
4. Weathering,
deposition, erosion.

30

30

0%30 Seconds
0%

0%

0%

Remaining

0

1

0

2

3

4

Which soil particle is the largest?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Gravel
Sand
Clay
Silt

0%
30

30

10
30 Seconds
Remaining
0
0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
Weathering is the process by which
sediment is laid down in a new
location.
1. True
2. False
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

30

10 Seconds
Remaining

0%
1

0
0

0%
2

Landslides, Mudflows, Creep, and
Slump are all examples of what
force?

1.
2.
3.
4.

runoff
soil formation
deflation
mass movement
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0%
0

1

0%

0%

2

3

0%
4

Glaciers can only form when:

30

a. More snow falls than
melts
b. There is an ice age
c. The amount of snow
exceeds the amount
of rain.
d. None of the above.

30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What do we call the water that
moves over Earth’s surface?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Runoff
Watershed
Groundwater
Ice

30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

0%
a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

A _________is a ridge of till left
behind by a glacier.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Kettle
Fiord
Moraine
Drumlin

0%

30

:30

0

a.

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The process by which wind
removes surface materials is called
deflation
1. True
2. False
30

0%

30

0
1

2

Which of the following
30 characteristics influence the
percolation rate of a sediment?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Type of rock
Sediment size
Climate
The color of the
sediment.
0%

0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What characteristic of a material
describes the ability of water to
flow through that material?
a.
b.
c.
d.

30

Percolation rate
Porosity
Permeability
Deposition.
30

0%

0
a.

b.

c.

d.

Which soil conservation technique
helps to conserve soil by planting
bushes or trees along the edges of
a field to prevent wind erosion?

30

a.
b.
c.
d.

:30
Terracing
Windbreaks
Gully reclamation
Contour farming

0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What are the 2 factors that
determine the rate of weathering?

30

a. Climate and age
b. Type of rock and
age
c. Type of rock and
location
d. Type of rock and
climate.
30
0%
0

a.

0%
b.

0%
c.

0%
d.

What is the major agent of erosion?
a.
b.
c.
d.

Wind
Water
Ice
Gravity

0%
30

30

a.
0

b.

c.

d.

What force is responsible for
creating mass movement?
0%
0%
0%
0%

1.
2.
3.
4.

Ice
Wind
Gravity
water
30

30 Seconds
Remaining

0

When wind blows sand up around
an obstacle, it can create a:
a.
b.
c.
d.

Sand dune
Loess deposit
Moraine
30
mudslide

0%

a.

0 of 30

b.

c.

d.

True or False:
The mixture of sediments
deposited by a glacier is called
loess.
1. True
2. False
30 Seconds
Remaining

0 of 30

0%
1

0%
2

What do we call the periods in
history in which Earth was covered
in glaciers?
a.
b.
c.
d.

0 of 30

Epochs
Bronze Age
Ice Age
Jurassic
period

0%

30

a.

b.

c.

d.

What are the 2 types of glaciers?
a. Valley and Arctic
b. Valley and
Mountain
c. Continental and
Arctic
d. Continental and
Valley
30

0%

0%

0%

0%

0 of 30
a.

b.

c.

d.