Geography 4 – Land, Water, Life
Spring 2024
Section Assignment 6: Pop Quiz
Instructions:
This quiz is intended to help you synthesize some of the material we have covered in the course thus far. It is open book, and you are encouraged to collaborate and discuss solutions with your classmates. The quiz is worth 32 points. To receive credit, please upload a pdf of your completed quiz to Canvas. This assignment is due 1 week from the date/time of your section. Please complete the following questions:
Part 1: (22 points) Circle the correct answer (one possible)
1. What are the three major types of rock weathering processes?
a) Solar, chemical, and biological
b) Fluvial, solar, and chemical
c) Mechanical, erosional, and solar
d) Mechanical, chemical, and biological
e) Chemical, eolian, and biological
2. The transfer of Earth materials downslope by gravity is:
a) Landform.
b) Gravity
c) Erosion
d) Deposition
e) Mass movement
f) Weathering
3. Important force driving erosion and transport is:
a) Landform.
b) Gravity
c) Erosion
d) Deposition
e) Mass movement
f) Weathering
4. The natural geologic process that breaks down rock is:
a) Landform.
b) Gravity
c) Erosion
d) Deposition
e) Mass movement
f) Weathering
5. The transport of weathered Earth material away from the source:
a) Landform.
b) Gravity
c) Erosion
d) Deposition
e) Mass movement
f) Weathering
Match the following terms with the following associated type of weathering: biological; mechanical; chemical:
6. hydrolysis = chemical
7. acid dissolution (carbonation)= chemical
8. oxidation = chemical
9. frost action = mechanical
10. exfoliation = mechanical
11. salt wedging = mechanical
12. tree root in rock = biological
13. lichen on rock surface = biological
14. Where are you most likely to encounter a landscape affected by salt wedging?
a) Tropical, wet location
b) Cold, high-altitude location
c) Cold, continental location
d) Cold, wet location
e) Warm, dry location
15. refers to the long-distance transportation of rock material, while refers to the processes that break down rock material in place.
a) Erosion; aggradation
b) Incision; erosion
c) Weathering; incision
d) Erosion; weathering
e) Aggradation; incision
16. Of these locations, erosion rates would be fastest in .
a) steep mountains
b) dry riverbeds
c) grassy floodplains
d) desert valleys
e) coastal wetlands
17. Which of the following types of mass movement is fastest and least dependent upon moist or saturated conditions?
a) Earthflow
b) Slump
c) Debris flow
d) Rockfall
e) Solifluction
18. The weathering of potassium feldspar (major mineral in granite) to produce kaolinite is an example of what type of weathering?
a) Carbonation
b) Spheroidal
c) Mechanical
d) Hydrolysis
e) Oxidation
19. The mass movement event that took place in La Conchita, CA in 2005 is an example of:
a) Landslide
b) Rockfall
c) Solifluction
d) Debris flow
20. Which of the following is not a key factor controlling the occurrence and location of mass movements?
a) Slope angle
b) Vegetation
c) Earthquakes
d) Humans
e) Water
f) These are all key factors.
21. The following image depicts which mass movement?
a) Slide
b) Solifluction
c) Slump
d) Soil creep
e) Avalanche
22. An aeolian sedimentary deposit of dust (fine-grained) is which of the following?
a) Desert pavement
b) Sand dune
c) Loess
d) Yardang
e) Clay
Part 2: (10 points)
23. Please complete the following diagram by naming the correct type of mass wasting: