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Weathering – 10 Points QUESTION: ANSWER: List the four agents of weathering. ANSWER: Rain Wind Heat Cold

Weathering – 20 Points QUESTION: ANSWER: Identify the 2 types of weathering. How do can the type be determined? ANSWER: Physical weathering – rocks break apart into smaller particles, most common in areas where temperatures fluctuate above and below freezing Chemical weathering – rock decay where chemical composition of the rock is changed

Weathering – 30 Points QUESTION: ANSWER: Identify. Describe the process. ANSWER: Frost shatter.

Topic 1 – 40 Points QUESTION: ANSWER: Physical or chemical weathering? Type? ANSWER: Chemical Oxidation

Weathering – 50 Points QUESTION: ANSWER: The agents of erosion include water, ice, wind and gravity. What is the difference between weathering and erosion? ANSWER: Weathering is the break-up of material, erosion is the transportation of the weathered material.

Mass Wasting – 10 Points QUESTION: ANSWER: Identify the feature. Talus Slope Scree

Mass Wasting – 20 Points QUESTION: ANSWER: Identify the process. Soil creep

Mass Wasting – 30 Points QUESTION: Identify the process. ANSWER: Slump

Mass Wasting – 40 Points QUESTION: ANSWER: What is occurring in the picture? Why? ANSWER: Spraying concrete on rock face Prevent rock fall

Mass Wasting – 50 Points QUESTION: ANSWER: List some advantages and disadvantages of this feature.I Identify the purpose of the structure. ANSWER:

Groundwater – 10 Points QUESTION: ANSWER: What is the top of the zone of saturation called? ANSWER: Water table.

Groundwater – 20 Points QUESTION: ANSWER: What is the zone above the water table called? ANSWER: Zone of aeration

Groundwater – 30 Points QUESTION: ANSWER: List 2 obstacles to maintaining an unpolluted and plentiful groundwater supply. ANSWER:

Groundwater – 40 Points QUESTION: ANSWER: Name given to underground reservoir of water. ANSWER: Aquifer

Groundwater – 50 Points QUESTION: ANSWER: Describe the difference between an artesian and ordinary well. ANSWER: Ordinary well occurs when water is not under pressure. Artesian well occurs when aquifer is sandwiched between 2 layers of impermeable rock and when drilled, water rises to the surface under own pressure.

Groundwater – 10 Points QUESTION: ANSWER: Name given to limestone topography. ANSWER: Karst

Groundwater – 20 Points QUESTION: Identify feature ANSWER: Stalacite

Groundwater – 30 Points QUESTION: Identify feature. ANSWER: Stalagmite

Groundwater – 40 Points QUESTION: Identify feature. ANSWER: Sinkhole

Groundwater – 50 Points QUESTION: ANSWER: Way in which sediments are carried in a Karst landscape. ANSWER: Solution

Deserts – 10 Points QUESTION: Identify feature. ANSWER: Mesa

Deserts – 20 Points QUESTION: Identify feature. ANSWER: Butte

Deserts – 30 Points QUESTION: Identify feature. ANSWER: Oasis

Deserts – 40 Points QUESTION: ANSWER: Identify the main erosional processes that exist in a desert. ANSWER: Suspension Saltation

Deserts – 50 Points QUESTION: ANSWER: Deserts can be found in locations are over the world – why is this so? What defines a desert? ANSWER: Less than 10 inches of rain a year. Latitude, mountain barriers, cold ocean currents, far away from ocean influence