The growth of plant roots and animal activity may result in
physical weathering
100
A landform that has high elevation and a more or less level surface is a
plateau
100
Mass movement is caused by
gravity
100
What term describes the difference in elevation between the highest and lowest parts of an area?
relief
100
Deposition occurs where the agents of erosion lay down sediment
True
200
A marble statue is left exposed to the weather. Within a few years, the details on the statue have begun to weather away. This weathering is most likely caused by
acid
200
One major difference between a coastal plain and an interior plain is in
elevation
200
Landslides, mudflows, slumps, and creep are all examples of
mass movement
200
Features of topography, such as the Columbia Plateau and Mount Hood, are called ____________________.
landforms
200
The type of weathering that occurs due to release of pressure is a form of chemical weathering.
False- physical weathering
300
Frost wedging causes physical weathering of rock by means of
freezing and thawing of water
300
The vast, flat or gently rolling grassland in the interior of North America is called the ____________________.
The Great Plains
300
A very slow downhill movement of rock and soil that can occur even on gentle slopes is called __________________.
creep
300
When you describe a landform’s_____________, you describe its height above sea level.
elevation
300
Pot holes in streets are caused by the process of abrasion.
False-frost wedging (freezing and thawing)
400
A permeable rock weathers easily because it
contains many small, connected air spaces
400
How are plateaus and mountains alike?
They both have high relief.
400
In which type of mass movement can soils behave like a liquid and start flowing?
mudflows
400
the shape of the land
topography
400
High elevation and high relief describe the topography of a
mountain.
True
500
Rapid chemical weathering can be caused by ____________________, which is rain combined with pollutants
acid rain
500
Which mountain has the highest elevation, above sea level? Which mountain range is it a part of?
Mount Everest, Himalayas
500
Watery clay soil slides down a mountain.
slump
500
another name for physical weathering
mechanical weathering
500
The Columbia Plateau is a landform that has low elevation and low relief.