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Bluff Soil Erosion Wild Card Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $200
Mass Movements Soil Weathering Erosion Wild Card Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Final Jeopardy
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Soil that is located above its parent material is known as .
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$100 Answer Soil Residual Soil
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$200 Soil Soil that has been moved away from its parent bedrock is called
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$200 Answer Soil Transported Soil
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$300 Soil A distinct layer, or zone, located within a soil profile is known as a(n)
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$300 Answer Soil Horizon
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What is the smallest soil particle?
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$400 Soil Clay
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What type of soil is composed of 30% clay, 40% silt and 30% sand?
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$500 Answer Soil Clay loam
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The process by which outer layers of rock are stripped away is called…
$100 Weathering The process by which outer layers of rock are stripped away is called…
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$100 Answer Weathering Exfoliation
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$200 Weathering In what type of climate (temperature and precipitation) would mechanical weathering most readily occur?
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$200 Answer Weathering Cold and rainy
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$300 Weathering The process by which rocks and minerals break down into smaller pieces is called weathering
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$300 Answer Weathering Mechanical
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How is surface area related to weathering?
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The greater the surface area, the faster weathering occurs
$400 Answer Weathering The greater the surface area, the faster weathering occurs
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$500 Weathering The repeated thawing and freezing of water in the cracks of rocks is called…
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$500 Answer Weathering Frost Wedging
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$100 Erosion The final stage of the erosional process in which materials are dropped in another location is called…
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$100 Answer Erosion Deposition
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$200 Erosion A major erosional agent in areas with limited
precipitation and high temperatures is…
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$200 Answer Erosion Wind
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$300 Erosion erode by scraping, gouging, and picking up large rocks and debris piles
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$300 Answer Erosion Glaciers
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This picture is an example of what type of erosion?
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$400 Answer Erosion Gully Erosion
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Name at least 3 of the 5 major agents of erosion.
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$500 Answer Erosion Wind Gravity Glaciers Running water Living Things
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$100 Mass Movements The slow, steady, downhill flow of loose materials (~3 cm/year) is called…
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$100 Answer Mass Movements
Creep
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What is the name of a landslide of snow?
$200 Mass Movements What is the name of a landslide of snow?
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$200 Answer Mass Movements
Avalanche
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What shape do glaciers tend to form in valleys?
$300 Mass Movements What shape do glaciers tend to form in valleys?
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$300 Answer Mass Movements
U-shaped valleys
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Where must all mass movements occur?
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$400 Answer Mass Movements
On a slope
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$500 Mass Movements Swiftly moving mixtures of mud and water are called…
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$500 Answer Mass Movements
Mudflows
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$100 Wildcard What kind of rock is made from the deposition, lithification, and cementation of sediments?
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$100 Answer Wildcard Sedimentary Rock
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What is the reference point for lines of longitude?
$200 Wildcard What is the reference point for lines of longitude?
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$200 Answer Wildcard The prime meridian
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$300 Wildcard The point on the Earth’s surface directly above where an earthquake originates is called…
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$300 Answer Wildcard The epicenter
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What is the fastest type of body wave?
$400 Wildcard What is the fastest type of body wave?
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$400 Answer Wildcard P-waves
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What is the fundamental SI unit for length?
$500 Wildcard What is the fundamental SI unit for length?
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$500 Answer Wildcard Meter
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Final Jeopardy Using this graph explain what type of climate favors chemical weathering and what type of climate favors mechanical weathering.
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Chemical hot and rainy
Final Jeopardy Answer Chemical hot and rainy Mechanical cold and rainy
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