1. Gradation
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2. Weathering
Mass Wasting
Groundwater
Groundwater
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3. Weathering – 10 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
List the four agents of weathering.
ANSWER:
Rain
Wind
Heat
Cold

4. 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

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

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

7. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

17. 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.

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

19. Groundwater – 20 Points
QUESTION:
Identify feature
ANSWER:
Stalacite

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

27. 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