6Th Science Test Ch. #2

Front 1

What category does abrasion go in, mechanical or chemical weathering?

Back 1

Mechanical

Front 2

What category does ACID RAIN go in, mechanical or chemical?

Back 2

Chemical

Front 3

The amount of each kind of particle in a soil sample is called?

Back 3

texture

Front 4

What are layers of soil called?

Back 4

horizons

Front 5

What category does EXFOLIATION go into, mechancial or chemical?

Back 5

Mechanical

Front 6

What category does FROST HEAVING go into, mechanical or chemical?

Back 6

Mechanical

Front 7

The largest particle kind of particle in the soil is called____

Back 7

SAND

Front 8

Where does CARBONIC ACID go ?Mechanical or Chemical

Back 8

Chemical

Front 9

What is decayed organic material found in soil called?

Back 9

HUMUS

Front 10

Lichens go in what category?

Back 10

Chemical weathering

Front 11

Which category does FROST HEAVING go in to?

Back 11

Mechanical

Front 12

FROST WEDGING is in the _____ category?

Back 12

Mechanical weathering

Front 13

What are small particles of weathered rocks and minerals called?

Back 13

SEDIMENT

Front 14

LIMESTONE CAVES are in the ____ category of weathering.

Back 14

CHEMICAL

Front 15

A _____ ___ is an area where it floods often.

Back 15

FLOOD PLAIN

Front 16

OXIDATION is in the _____ category of weathering.

Back 16

Chemical

Front 17

Hoodoo is in what category!

Back 17

Mechanical

Front 18

PRESSURE RELEASE is in what category of weathering?

Back 18

Mechanical

Front 19

The sediment carried by stream is called a ______

Back 19

LOAD

Front 20

Depostion is _____?

Back 20

Dropping of sediment and rock in a new location

Front 21

What category of weathering does oxidation fit in?

Back 21

CHEMICAL

Front 22

A pile of soil and rocks that a glacier deposits is?

Back 22

MORAINE

Front 23

An area of sediment at the mouth of a river is called?

Back 23

DELTA

Front 24

In what category of weathering does SPELEOTHEMS go?

Back 24

chemical

Front 25

What are layers of soil called?

Back 25

HORIZONS

Front 26

CHEMICAL WEATHERING is ?

Back 26

the changes of rocks into NEW SUBSTANCES

Front 27

When unmelted snow gets compacted down into ice it forms a _____?

Back 27

GLACIER

Front 28

_____ IS ONE OF THE AGENTS OF EROSION?

Back 28

WATER

Front 29

Name the primary force behind erosion?

Back 29

GRAVITY

Front 30

When rocks rub up against one another, it is called?

Back 30

ABRASION

Front 31

How is erosion different from weathering?

Back 31

EROSION is the moving of weathered material from one place to another, BUT WEATHERING is the breaking down of rocks

Front 32

A fertile soil formed from equally evident parts of clay, sand, silt is named?

Back 32

LOAM

Front 33

WEATHERING IS ?

Back 33

the breaking down of rocks

Front 34

When sediment settles according to its weight, the heaviest drops first and the lightest drops last causing what?

Back 34

layers