Chemical Weathering and Soil Formation Quiz
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What is the term for the downslope motion of rock, soil, sediment, snow, and ice driven by gravity?

  • Mass movement (correct)
  • Hydration
  • Oxidation
  • Deposition
  • Which of the following is characterized by a wide range of rates, from fast to slow?

  • Debris Flows
  • Lahars and Mudflows
  • Creep, Solifluction and Rock Glaciers (correct)
  • Rockfalls and Slides
  • In a drainage network, what eventually flows into a single trunk stream?

  • Debris Flows
  • Drainage Basins
  • Radionetwork
  • Tributaries (correct)
  • What term is used to describe the process of enlarging and merging of channels (tributaries) over time?

    <p>Deposition</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of load is associated with rapid slumping in the context of mass movement?

    <p>Debris Flows</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary driving force behind the creation of drainage basins?

    <p>Gravity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main function of a lake in the context of the text?

    <p>Storing materials temporarily</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In the sediment routing system, what is the process that involves burial and lithification of rock?

    <p>Sedimentary basin</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of load gets precipitated into salt, halite, and gypsum in the text?

    <p>Dissolved load</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which process is involved in creating dissolved rocks from the ocean according to the text?

    <p>Soil formation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What constitutes a sedimentary basin as mentioned in the text?

    <p>Deposition of sediments</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the ultimate source for creating dissolved load in the context of the text?

    <p>The ocean</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main focus of basin analysis?

    <p>Understanding the origin and architecture of sedimentary basins</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT a type of physical weathering mentioned in the text?

    <p>Chemical corrosion</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In basin analysis, what does the sediment routing system refer to?

    <p>The flow of sediments from source to sink</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which process eventually transforms solid rock into sediment?

    <p>Chemical weathering</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a common physical weathering process caused by the freezing and thawing of water?

    <p>Frost wedging</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary focus of Earth's gravitational forces in the context of sediment routing systems?

    <p>Deposition of sediments in basins</p> Signup and view all the answers

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