Rocks, Weathering, Erosion and Soil

Rocks, Weathering, Erosion and Soil

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9th Grade

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Multiple Choice

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A farmer has a steeply sloping pasture that is eroding. Which is the BEST option to stop the immediate erosion of the topsoil?

Increase the amount of vegetation on the sloping pasture.

Plant trees and shrubs at the bottom of the sloping pasture.

Increase the soil thickness by adding five inches of sandy soil.

Increase the organic content of the topsoil by adding earthworms.

2.

Multiple Choice

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1 pt

In a particular region, abundant growth of grasses covers the flat land surface. If overgrazing removes most of this vegetation, which weather phenomenon is MOST likely to occur?

hail storms

rain storms

dust storms

snow storms

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Multiple Choice

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Rocks can be classified many different ways, including as igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary. This classification is based on the

origin of the rocks.

use of the rocks.

size of the rocks.

hardness of the rocks.

4.

Multiple Choice

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The sediments found in a riverbed are MOST likely a result of which action on nearby rock?

heat

faulting

pressure

weathering

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Most sedimentary rock is made from sediments of other rock. Which of these processes would the sediments MOST likely go through to form sedimentary rock?

compaction and cementation

folding and recrystallization

melting and solidifying

heating and pressure

6.

Multiple Choice

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A rock formation in a land area contains fossils. Over time, tremendous heat and pressurechange the formation to produce a harder rock formation without fossils. Which change in rock type has occurred in this land area?

Igneous rock has turned into sedimentary rock.

Igneous rock has turned into metamorphic rock.

Sedimentary rock has turned into igneous rock.

Sedimentary rock has turned into metamorphic rock.

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