Weathering | Soil | Erosion | Miscellenous | Killer Whales |
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True
True or False
Is Abrasion considered Mechanical Weathering? |
True
True or False
Texture is the amount of each kind of particle in a soil sample? |
False-Deposition
True or False
The dropping of sediment and rocks in a new location is called deflation? |
Weathering breaks down rocks. Erosion moves the broken down rocks to a new location.
What is the difference between weathering and erosion?
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Orcas
What else are killer whales called?
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Acid Rain, Carbonic Acid, Lichens, oxidation
What is a form of chemical weathering?
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Humus
What is decayed organic material found in soil?
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Load
What is the sediment that a stream carries called?
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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?
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Yes
Yes or no
Does a killer whale feed on great white sharks? |
Rust
Give an example of oxidation that occurs on metals?
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Sand
What is the largest kind of particle found in soil?
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Gravity
What is the primary force behind erosion?
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U-shaped valley
What shape does a receding glacier leave behind?
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Echolocation
What is it called when a killer whale communicates with other killer whales?
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Rock cycle
What is the process of rock changing from one type to another?
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Horizon B or subsoil
What is the layer underneath the topsoil (Horizon A) called?
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Rock slide, soil creep, mud slide, avalanche, Earth flow
Give an example of erosion that is caused by gravity.
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sand, silt, clay
What are 3 types of particles that make up soil?
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Referred to as "Wolves of the Sea" because they hunt in packs like wolves.
Killer whales are referred to what other type of mammal?
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Abrasion
What is it called whenever rocks rub against each other?
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Bedrock
What is unweathered rock that influences the soil above it called?
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Delta
What is formed when an area of sediment is deposited at the mouth of a river?
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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.
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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?
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