Exam 23: Surface Processes

What is the second largest ocean on Earth?

An important agent in chemical weathering is

The slow, particle-by-particle movement of weathered debris down a slope is called

The most important acid involved in chemical weathering is

A loop-like bend in a river channel is called

The process of leveling of the Earth by the wearing away of high places and the transportation to and deposition of sediments at lower levels is called

By which of the following characterisitcs is a desert defined?

The movement of Earth's water supply from the oceans to the atmosphere and back again is called the ______________.

The upper boundary of the region in which the soil is saturated with water is known as the

Earth's second largest ocean is the ______________ Ocean.

At the end and along the sides of a glacier, the sediment deposits may form ridges known as

Collapsed cavern ceilings can cause ______________ to appear on the land's surface.

The percentage volume of unoccupied space in a material is called its

Which of the following is not a form of downslope movement?

At the ends and along the sides of a glacier, the sediment deposits may form ridges known as

What is the largest ocean on Earth?

After the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, the next largest ocean on Earth is which ocean?

A depression on the land surface caused by the collapse of a cavern is called

Which of the following is not a component of a stream's load?

The most important climatic factors that affect the rate of chemical weathering are heat and ______________.