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Key Points Review Chapter 2
Preguntas del test (13)
1Mechanical weathering processes result in ___
- Athe decomposition of primary materials
- Bthe hydrolysis of materials through frost action
- Cthe oxidation of iron and manganese compounds
- Dthe disintegration of rocks due to differential expansion of materials
2Which of the following is NOT considered one of the five major factors influencing soil formation?
- Avalence state
- Bliving organisms
- Cclimate
- Dnative parent material
- Etopography
3Glacial till is a term used to describe parent materials that __
- Awere laid down in the bottom of former glacial lakes
- Bcontain a heterogeneous mixture of mineral debris dropped by receding glaciers
- Care sorted by rapidly flowing melt waters
- Dwere transported by water gushing from glacial fronts
- Ewere transported by high winds during glacial periods
4In which of the following horizons has the process of illuviation most likely occurred?
- AA horizon
- BB horizon
- CC horizon
- DO horizon
- EE horizon
5Silicate clay accumulation is most likely in the ___
- AA horizon
- BB horizon
- CC horizon
- DO horizon
- EE horizon
6Secondary minerals are most prominent in the __ fraction of soils
- Aorganic
- Bclay
- Csand
- Dsilt
7The presence of rocks such as shale and sandstone indicate the existence of ___
- Ahighly weathered soils
- Biron-rich materials
- Ca high water table
- Dancient seas
- Eold mountain ranges
8The mixed angular gravel, rock, and soil found at the foot of a slope is typical of what type of parent material?
- Aglacial
- Blacustrine
- Ceolian
- Dfluvial
- Ecolluvial
9Alluvial fans are usually characterized by ____ soils
- Apoorly drained
- Bnearly level
- Csandy and gravelly
- Dclay textured
10Igneous rocks are formed when molten magma cools and solidifies.
- AVerdadero
- BFalso
11Sandstones are good examples of metamorphic rock.
- AVerdadero
- BFalso
12Secondary minerals are recrystallized products of the chemical breakdown and/or alteration of primary minerals.
- AVerdadero
- BFalso
13Chemical weathering is accelerated by water, oxygen, and organic and inorganic acids moving down and through the regolith.
- AVerdadero
- BFalso
Información
- Descripción
- A review of some of the key points from chapter 2 of the text
- Autor
- Leah Jones
- Idioma
- English
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