Exam 23: Surface Processes

Which of the following statements is not true of glaciers?

Small glaciers,called ______________ glaciers,form along mountains in hollow depressions that are protected from the Sun.

Earth's largest ocean is the ______________ Ocean.

The most important acid involved in chemical weathering is ______________ acid.

The downslope movement of surface materials as a result of gravity and of the agents that cause such movement is called

The general geologic term for the downslope movement of soil and rock under the influence of gravity is

The downslope movement of an unbroken block of rock or soil,which leaves a curved depression on the slope,is called a(n)______________.

In latitudes where the subsurface layer of soil always remains frozen,the frozen layer is called

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

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

Carbonic acid is the main agent of ______________ weathering.

The unsaturated zone of soil or rock above the water table is called the zone of ______________.

A depression on the land surface caused by the collapse of a cavern is called a(n)______________.

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

The three major types of seawater movement are waves,currents,and ______________.

A(n)______________ glacier is one in which a valley floor is covered with glacial ice.

Large,flat areas of sediments on the ocean basins are called

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

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

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