Surface Processes - Assessment

1.

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2 mins

1 pt

Soil that contains rock material that does not match the bedrock of an area. Most of New York State's soil.

2.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

The O horizon of a soil profile contains larger amounts of what soil component than other horizons?

Air

Water

Weathered Rock

Biological Material

3.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

Which block will weather the fastest?

The left block

The middle block

The right block

4.

Open Ended

2 mins

1 pt

Both gravestones were erected in 1888 in the same area. Why did the limestone gravestone weather faster than the granite gravestone?

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5.

Fill in the Blank

2 mins

1 pt

The amount of water that flows in a river or stream is known as the streams _________.

6.

Open Ended

2 mins

1 pt

In in a straight moving river, where is the fastest water velocity?

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7.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

Which material will settle in a calm body of water first?

Quartz

Density = 2.7 g/ml

Calcite

Density = 2.2 g/ml

Pyroxene

Density = 3.4 g/ml

Feldspar

Density = 3.0 g/ml

8.

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________ sized sediment is so small it stays suspended in water and does not settle.

9.

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Definition:

___________

Deposition of sediment at the mouth of a river.

10.

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Definition:

_____________

Fan shaped deposit of sediment on land from an intermittent stream.

11.

Fill in the Blank

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1 pt

What feature is shown to the left of the river?

12.

Fill in the Blank

2 mins

1 pt

The fastest water in a river meander is found on which side of the curve?

13.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

Which side of a meander has the greatest amount of erosion?

Inside

Outside

Upside

Downside

14.

Fill in the Blank

2 mins

1 pt

Definition:

_________________

An area of land where all the precipitation flows to the same place.

15.

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Definition:

______________

A branch of the main river.

16.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

Which type of erosion makes 'U' shaped valleys?

Rivers

Glaciers

Wind

Gravity

17.

Fill in the Blank

2 mins

1 pt

Definition:

______________

A pile of sediment deposited at the front of a glacier with unsorted sediment.

18.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

Which direction did the glacier that formed this drumlin move?

From left to right

From right to left

From underground to above

19.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

Which coastal feature below is man made?

Longshore transport

Barrier island

Spit

Jetty

20.

Multiple Choice

2 mins

1 pt

Longshore transport is involved in erosion by _______.

Waves

Wind

Rivers

Glaciers

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