Chp. 15 Study Questions Part 1

The chemical union of water with another substance is called ________.

Which of the following is NOT a type of opening along which weathering agents attack bedrock?

A weathering type associated with curved and concentric sets of joints that break away in successive layers is called ________.

In mountain areas, when large amounts of rock fragments move downslope of their own weight, they are called ________.

The general term signifying the overall lowering of the rock material on the Earth's crust is ________.

The most important type of mechanical weathering process is ________.

The rock debris which accumulates at the base of steep slopes by gravitational action is called ________.

The main downslope movement of subarctic and arctic landscapes is ________.

Water penetrating into soil promotes chemical weathering by acting as a weak ________.

Water is a major agent of weathering because of its property that, when it freezes, it decreases in density and ________.

Salt wedging seems to be of consequence in ________.

The slowest and least perceptible form of mass wasting is _______.

A joint can be distinguished from a fault in that ________.

In percolating rainwater, dissolved gases and the decay products of local vegetation increase the water's capacity to ________.

The rotting of rock by the various types of chemical weathering takes place best in ________.

Residual rock that has not experienced erosion is termed ________.

Creep associated with animals and resembling a faint network of trails is called ________.

A slope collapse with a backward rotation is a ________.

________ are the most common structural features of rocks

The major end product of chemical weathering is (are) ________.

Like faults, a ________ is a separation in a rock body

The single most important mechanism of transport for weathered overburden in the subarctic zones is ________.

In frost wedging, the principal force is exerted against the ________ of the confining rock.

The best example of a product of mass wasting is ________.

Which of the following landscapes is most closely associated with jointing?

________ might happen directly as the result of the removal of an overlying weight from the landscape.

Granular disintegration is most closely associated with ________.

In ________ there is a rough sorting of particles, with larger pieces farther downslope.

A result of soil creep might be ________.

"The angle of repose" is a term most closely associated with ________.

Landslides are often responsible for the formation of ________.

The peeling of thin layers of stone off a large rock is ________.

The process of creep works ________.

The process of solifluction works ________.

One sub-surface material which intensifies the process of earthquakes and mass movement is ________.

Gravity is the main force impelling movement in all of the following except ________.

In high altitude climates ________ is a (are) prevalent process(es).

A slump is a downslope movement with a ________.

Frost wedging is associated with ________ in coarse-grained rocks.

In rock, ________ is another term for pressure release.

Clays which change to a near-liquid state as a result of sudden disturbance are ________ clays.

The Madison Valley, Wyoming landslide of 1959 was caused by

The most common oxidation effect in the lithosphere is ________.

A mudflow including numerous larger blocks of material is a(n) ________.

The mass-wasting type characterized by a crescent-shaped scarp face is the ________.

Typically, solifluction lobes move a few ________ per year.

________ move downslope as much as 160 kilometers per hour.

Which of the following must take place FIRST during the denudation of a landscape?

Which openings in rocks are associated with calcareous rocks?

From a chemical standpoint, the three reacting agents of greatest importance to weathering are ________.

The single most important weathering agent is

The location of features such as cliffs and valleys might be strongly influenced by the position of ________.

Large ________ extend for considerable distances and depths through rock. Below the surface, there is minimal separation between the blocks on either side.

Which of the following is associated with large landslides?

If no water is involved, rocks can mechanically weather if they undergo ________ temperature change cycles.

Chemical weathering is speaded because mechanical weathering tends to ________.

Calcium bicarbonate produced in the chemical weathering process of carbonation is ________.

The new substances made through oxidation of existing minerals are ________ than the original minerals.

Oxidation of aluminum causes which of the following colors on the surfaces of rocks?

Which sort of rocks are most susceptible to hydrolysis?

Weathering is deepest ________.

Which of the following is the slowest of all types of mass movement?

Which of the following mass movements involves the greatest amount of water?

Which of the following is thought to transfer materials WITHOUT the lubricating effect of water?

No matter where you go, which of the following is almost certainly acting on the landscape around you?

In freeze/thaw or wet/dry conditions in soil creep, an individual soil particle tends to ________.

Soil creep is unimportant in arid regions since lack of water removes the primary _________.

Weathering and mass wasting can be classified as ________ processes.

Which of the following is important in the weathering processes?

Caverns are most closely associated with