Lab: Modeling Water Erosion — Unit test Answers

Which event can cause slumps, landslides, and mudflows to occur?

What percentage of Earth’s water is fresh water?

Study this map.

Which describes bedrock?

A small, jagged particle with a density of 1.2 g/cm3 deposits on the ground before a large, round particle with a density of 0.82 g/cm3.Which most likely influences the rate of deposition of the jagged particle?

Which part of the shallow ocean descends sharply away from the continental shelf?

Which action would best help prevent groundwater erosion?

A loose pile of rocks and soil travels in a single large mass. The mass moves a short distance downhill.Which mass movement does this describe?

Which zone within the open-ocean zone is home to the most organisms?

Which feature separates watersheds?

Which term describes erosion?

Which event occurs after Earth’s surface experiences weathering?

A scientist is observing surface groundwater features to determine sources of groundwater.Which is one surface feature that the scientist can observe and map?

How do oxbow lakes form?

Which relatively flat feature of the ocean floor is in the open ocean and borders the continental shelf?

Why is the unsaturated zone not filled with water?

Which is one benefit that mangrove trees provide to surrounding coastal wetlands?

A scientist observes a geyser erupting. Which two objects must be interacting beneath the surface?

In a field, water flows down through the soil and then through a layer of loose rocks before the flow stops.What type of material did the water most likely encounter when it stopped?

Which correctly lists the three types of rock particles that make up soil?