Question 1

The Chocolate Hills in the Philippines, the Tsingy in Madagascar, and karst tower are examples of _________.

Accepted Answer

A)  karst topography
B)  salt weathering
C)  mass movement
D)  physical weatheringE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 2

All rocks exposed on the surface experience weathering.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Earthquakes often trigger mass movement events.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Which is not an agent of erosion?

Accepted Answer

A)  flowing glaciers
B)  streams
C)  growing plant roots
D)  windE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 5

__________ is a limestone surface with vegetated rounded hills formed by limestone weathering.

Accepted Answer

A)  Limestone pavement
B)  Tower karst
C)  Cockpit karst
D)  KarstE) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 6

Talus accumulates at the base of cliffs in piles called __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  talus cones
B)  toes
C)  rockfall
D)  rockfall chutesE) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 7

Carbonic acid is an anthropogenic pollutant and does not occur naturally.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

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-In terms of slope stability factors in Table 16.2, rain-saturated ground can do what?

Accepted Answer

A)  increase the downslope force
B)  reduce the downslope force
C)  increase friction
D)  both decrease friction and increase the downslope forceE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 9

-In the figure, box C shows what?

Accepted Answer

A)  failure surface
B)  head scarp
C)  toe
D)  slump materialE) None of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 10

Referring to Figure 16.30B, at which geographic location did the most recent major landslide catastrophe occur?

Accepted Answer

A)  Vargas, Venezuela
B)  Pakistan and India
C)  Colombia (Tolima) 
D)  China (Sichuan) E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 11

The process of depositing eroded rock fragments is called __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  weathering
B)  erosion
C)  deposition
D)  denudationE) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 12

A stalactite is an example of what?

Accepted Answer

A)  a speleothem
B)  limestone pavement
C)  tower karst
D)  cockpit karstE) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 13

Where it is cold, what is the most important type of physical weathering?

Accepted Answer

A)  root wedging
B)  salt wedging
C)  frost wedging
D)  biophysical weatheringE) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 14

Submarine landslides around Hawai'i are more extensive than the land area of the islands.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

A __________ is a tall, columnar rock formation produced by differential weathering.

Accepted Answer

A)  natural arch
B)  monolith
C)  hoodoo
D)  exfoliation domeE) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 16

In some instances, a landslide event can be predicted.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Which is not used by scientists to monitor and predict the stability of a single specific slope?

Accepted Answer

A)  GPS sensors
B)  laser measurements of slope movement
C)  boreholes with electronic sensors
D)  air temperature recordingsE) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 18

__________ results when carbon dioxide dissolves in water and forms carbonic acid that dissolves certain types of rocks.

Accepted Answer

A)  Carbonation
B)  Hydrolysis
C)  Hydration
D)  OxidationE) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 19

Mass movement is the movement of rock, soils, snow, or ice downhill by gravity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Landslide-prone areas are monitored using GPS and satellites.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 16: Weathering and Mass Movement

-In the figure, box C shows what?

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Talus accumulates at the base of cliffs in piles called __________.

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Which is not used by scientists to monitor and predict the stability of a single specific slope?

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A stalactite is an example of what?

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Mass movement is the movement of rock, soils, snow, or ice downhill by gravity.

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Where it is cold, what is the most important type of physical weathering?

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Which is not an agent of erosion?

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Submarine landslides around Hawai'i are more extensive than the land area of the islands.

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All rocks exposed on the surface experience weathering.

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​ -In terms of slope stability factors in Table 16.2, rain-saturated ground can do what?

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The process of depositing eroded rock fragments is called __________.

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Referring to Figure 16.30B, at which geographic location did the most recent major landslide catastrophe occur?

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In some instances, a landslide event can be predicted.

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Landslide-prone areas are monitored using GPS and satellites.

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Carbonic acid is an anthropogenic pollutant and does not occur naturally.

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The Chocolate Hills in the Philippines, the Tsingy in Madagascar, and karst tower are examples of _________.

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Earthquakes often trigger mass movement events.

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__________ results when carbon dioxide dissolves in water and forms carbonic acid that dissolves certain types of rocks.

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A __________ is a tall, columnar rock formation produced by differential weathering.

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__________ is a limestone surface with vegetated rounded hills formed by limestone weathering.

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