Exam 23: Surface Processes

The natural sequence through which water from the oceans evaporates into the atmosphere and ultimately returns to the oceans is known as the

The type of rock most susceptible to chemical weathering is

A loop-like bend in a river channel is called

The shallowly submerged areas that border the continental landmasses are called the ______________.

Which of the following is not one of the three major types of seawater movement?

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

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

Greenland and Antarctica are covered with glacial ice sheets called ______________ glaciers.

The principal landform resulting from a stream's erosive power is its ______________-shaped valley.

Which of the following is not a main agent of erosion?

The object above a valley floor that consists of glacial ice is called

Material that is transported and deposited by ice is called ______________.

The process of leveling of the Earth by the wearing away of high places and the transportation of sediment to lower places is known as

A river's suspended load and bed load may accumulate at its mouth and form a

A material's capacity to transmit fluids is called its

The two major types of weathering studied in this chapter are mechanical weathering and ______________ weathering.

The fast,downslope movement of large blocks of weathered materials is called a(n)______________.

The physical disintegration and chemical decomposition of rock at or near Earth's surface is called

The formation of which of the following is not directly caused by erosive wave action?

About what percent of Earth's surface is covered with water?