Week 7 & 8 Lecture Quiz

1. 2. 3. 4. Review Test Submission: Week 7 Quiz   GEO.155.U700.SPRING23.The Natural Environment (32818.1232)  Announcements  Discussions  Groups  Tools  Getting Started  Course Overview / Syllabus   Coursework  Questions & Answer  My Grades   Zoom Meetings  Campus Resources Review Test Submission: Week 7 Quiz User Victoria Barnum Course GEO.155.U700.SPRING23.The Natural Environment Test Week 7 Quiz Started 2/28/23 7:09 PM Submitted 2/28/23 7:18 PM Due Date 3/1/23 11:59 PM Status Completed Attempt Score 15 out of 20 points Time Elapsed 9 minutes out of 30 minutes Instruction s Before starting the quiz, gather all of your materials – notes, textbook, and your computer (both to access course materials and to take the exam!). This quiz is open note, meaning, I expect you to look up the answers in the materials we have created so far. Balance quality (selecting the right answer) with efficiency (answering the whole quiz). This quiz   is worth 2 0 points . Results Displayed All Answers, Submitted Answers, Incorrectly Answered Questions  Question 1

0 out of 2 points Weathering is the movement of sediments, erosion is the breakdown of rock into smaller particles. Group of answer choices Selected Answer: Tru e Answers: Tru e Fals e  Question 2 2 out of 2 points When a stream is actively eroding and lowering it's stream bed, it is undergoing the process of : Group of answer choices Selected Answer: incision Answers: flooding incision abrasion aggradation  Question 3 2 out of 2 points A slow form of mass movement that is almost indiscernible in the landscape, except that it causes features to tilt down slope is called: Selected Answer: creep Answers: avalanche slump creep scree slope  Question 4 0 out of 2 points In terms of mass movement, what is cohesion? Selected Answer: the ability of geologic material to resist movement because of friction

 Question 7 2 out of 2 points Of the liquid state freshwater on earth (i.e., the 1/4 of water that is not frozen), most is stored in what feature? Selected Answer: groundwater Answers: lakes groundwater rivers oceans  Question 8 2 out of 2 points What is mass movement? Selected Answer: downslope movement of material by gravity Answers: downslope movement of material by gravity weathering of rocks by winds deposition of sediment by glaciers movement of sediment by rivers  Question 9 1 out of 2 points When a tree root slips between the cracks in a rock, and splits it into two rocks, it is considered which of the following? Selected Answer: biological weathering Answers: mechanical weathering chemical weathering biological weathering Both mechanical and biological weathering  Question 10 2 out of 2 points Which of the following is an example of mechanical weathering? Selected Answer: frost action

Answers: slump frost action carbonation hydrolosis Tuesday, February 28, 2023 7:18:48 PM EST OK 1. 2. 3. 4. Review Test Submission: Week 7 Quiz   GEO.155.U700.SPRING23.The Natural Environment (32818.1232)  Announcements  Discussions  Groups  Tools  Getting Started  Course Overview / Syllabus   Coursework  Questions & Answer  My Grades   Zoom Meetings  Campus Resources Review Test Submission: Week 7 Quiz User Victoria Barnum Course GEO.155.U700.SPRING23.The Natural Environment Test Week 7 Quiz Started 2/28/23 7:19 PM Submitted 2/28/23 7:20 PM Due Date 3/1/23 11:59 PM Status Completed Attempt Score 18 out of 20 points

avalanche creep  Question 4 0 out of 2 points In terms of mass movement, what is cohesion? Selected Answer: the point at which slope materials began flowing downhill Answers: the steepest angle at which a slope can remain stable the point at which slope materials began flowing downhill tendency of soil particles to stick together and resist slope failure the ability of geologic material to resist movement because of friction  Question 5 2 out of 2 points Infiltration is the process of water sinking into soil pores, and is limited by the soil's infiltration capacity. Once that capacity is reached, water will runoff instead, or simply flow over the surface downhill. Selected Answer: Tru e Answers: Tru e Fals e  Question 6 2 out of 2 points Match the sediment type to its description o Question Selected Match Large particles that remain close to the streambed, moving through traction and/or saltation A. bedload Small particles carried by the river that slowly settle to the stream bed, if not dragged upward through river movement B. suspended load Ions of minerals like calcium, sodium, and others carried by streams C. dissolved load o All Answer

Choices A. bedload B. suspended load C. dissolved load o  Question 7 2 out of 2 points Of the liquid state freshwater on earth (i.e., the 1/4 of water that is not frozen), most is stored in what feature? Selected Answer: groundwater Answers: oceans rivers lakes groundwater  Question 8 2 out of 2 points What is mass movement? Selected Answer: downslope movement of material by gravity Answers: downslope movement of material by gravity weathering of rocks by winds deposition of sediment by glaciers movement of sediment by rivers  Question 9 2 out of 2 points When a tree root slips between the cracks in a rock, and splits it into two rocks, it is considered which of the following? Selected Answer: Both mechanical and biological weathering Answers: biological weathering chemical weathering