Weathering Soil Erosion Miscellenous Killer Whales
100
True
True or False
Is Abrasion considered Mechanical Weathering?
100
True
True or False
Texture is the amount of each kind of particle in a soil sample?
100
False-Deposition
True or False
The dropping of sediment and rocks in a new location is called deflation?
100
Weathering breaks down rocks. Erosion moves the broken down rocks to a new location.
What is the difference between weathering and erosion?
100
Orcas
What else are killer whales called?
200
Acid Rain, Carbonic Acid, Lichens, oxidation
What is a form of chemical weathering?
200
Humus
What is decayed organic material found in soil?
200
Load
What is the sediment that a stream carries called?
200
Sediment settles according to its weight. Heaviest sediment drops first, and the lightest sediment drops last, forming layers.
What causes depositions to have a layered look?
200
Yes
Yes or no
Does a killer whale feed on great white sharks?
300
Rust
Give an example of oxidation that occurs on metals?
300
Sand
What is the largest kind of particle found in soil?
300
Gravity
What is the primary force behind erosion?
300
U-shaped valley
What shape does a receding glacier leave behind?
300
Echolocation
What is it called when a killer whale communicates with other killer whales?
400
Rock cycle
What is the process of rock changing from one type to another?
400
Horizon B or subsoil
What is the layer underneath the topsoil (Horizon A) called?
400
Rock slide, soil creep, mud slide, avalanche, Earth flow
Give an example of erosion that is caused by gravity.
400
sand, silt, clay
What are 3 types of particles that make up soil?
400
Referred to as "Wolves of the Sea" because they hunt in packs like wolves.
Killer whales are referred to what other type of mammal?
500
Abrasion
What is it called whenever rocks rub against each other?
500
Bedrock
What is unweathered rock that influences the soil above it called?
500
Delta
What is formed when an area of sediment is deposited at the mouth of a river?
500
Acid rain may have caused the weathering.
The Grant Memorial in Washington DC consists of bronze statues on white marble bases. Something has caused some of the bronze to dissolve and thus discolor the marble. Describe what may have caused the weathering of these bronze statues.
500
Trick question. It doesn't sleep. Killer whales control half of their brain to sleep while the other half continues to work.
How long will a killer whale sleep?






Chapter 2 Weathering and Erosion

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