Unit 38 | Higher Education | Oxford University Press Canada

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Question 1:

When pieces of rock accumulate near their origin after weathering they form a:
a) talus cone
b) rock sea
c) scree slope
d) salt wedge
e) mineral slope

Question 2:

When minerals are moistened, expand, and are chemically altered, this process is known as:
a) hydrolysis
b) oxidation
c) carbonation
d) biological weathering
e) mechanical weathering

Question 5:

Burrowing animals and worms mix soil in a process called:
a) biopredation
b) mechanical weathering
c) biologic turnover
d) bioturbation
e) chemical weathering

Question 6:

Which of the following is not a major type of weathering process:
a) mechanical weathering
b) chemical weathering
c) biological weathering
d) hydrologic weathering
e) all are types of weathering processess

Question 7:

A scree slope is another name for a talus cone.
a) True
b) False

Question 8:

Frost action can shatter even the strongest igneous rocks.
a) True
b) False

Question 9:

Carbonation is a particularly vigorous process in arid regions.
a) True
b) False

Question 10:

Lower latitudes are associated with greater intensities of weathering.
a) True
b) False

Question 11:

Humans are not agents of biological weathering.
a) True
b) False

Question 12:

Spheroidal weathering involves the process of hydrolysis.
a) True
b) False

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