Exam 23: Surface Processes

A material's capacity to transmit fluids is called its

The driest of Earth's regions are known as

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

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

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

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

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

A stream's load is divided into three components: dissolved load, ______________ load, and bed load.

The leveling of the Earth's surface is known as ______________.

The most important acid involved in chemical weathering is

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

Isolated, submarine, volcanic mountains are known as

The physical disintegration or fracturing of rock is called ______________.

Which of the following is a common type of mechanical weathering?

The physical disintegration or fracturing of rock is called

Carbonic acid is the main agent of ______________ weathering.

Small glaciers that form along mountains in hollow depressions are called

Seamounts with flat tops are known as ______________.

Which of the following phenomena results from limestone being dissolved by rainwater?

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