TOPIC 4 OBJECTIVES
SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDSCAPES
1. a. Define physical weathering.
b. Define chemical weathering.
2. Describe the effect of climate on weathering.
3. Describe the relationship between weathering and particle size.
4. Explain the effect of mineral composition on the rate of weathering.
5. a. List the two major components of soil.
b. Describe two processes that result in the formation of soil.
6. Account for different types of soil forming from similar types of bedrock.
7. Describe the steps leading from an immature soil to a mature soil.
8. Determine the positive and negative effects that humans have on soil.
9. Distinguish between transported and residual material.
10. Define erosion.
11. Name the primary force of erosion.
12. Name the primary agent of erosion.
13. Describe the effects that volume and gradient have on the velocity of a stream.
14. Given either a cross-section or top view of a stream, determine the location of greatest velocity and erosion.
15. Using the Earth Science Reference Tables (ESRT), determine the size of particle which can be moved by certain stream velocities.
16. List four methods by which streams carry sediment.
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17. Describe the effect that shape, size, and density of a particle has on the rate of deposition.
18. Compare and contrast the characteristics of sediment deposited by various agents of erosion.
19. a. Construct a diagram showing vertical sorting.
b. Construct a diagram showing horizontal sorting.
