Chapter 5: Weathering and Soil
Matching
Where would you be likely to find it? (Match locations on the right with products of weathering on the left.)
_____residual soil
_____transported soil
_____alkali soil
_____laterite soil
Choices
A. Brazil
B. Hawaiian Islands
C. Iowa
D. New Mexico
Some results of weathering:
_____cemented clay layer apt to underlie alkali soils
_____iron oxide produced by weathering
_____Half Dome, Yosemite National Park
_____pedestal rocks
_____concentric layers spalling off an angular block of rock
A. limonite
B. differential weathering
C. spheroidal weathering
D. caliche or hardpan
E. exfoliation
Is choice A or choice B more likely to fit each of the situations on the left?
_____urban areas
_____rural areas
_____arctic deserts
_____frequent freeze/thaw
_____steep slopes
_____flat land surfaces
_____polished rock surfaces
_____intensely fractured rocks
_____massive rock
_____high annual precipitation
_____volcanic neck
_____volcanic breccia
A. slower rates of weathering
B. more rapid weathering rates
