Earth Science Chapter 8-10 Quiz

This is the interface between the zone of saturation and the zone of aeration.

This is the sudden movement of a mass of rock and soil down a slope.

What type of precipitation falls as liquid rain and freezes on contact with the ground?

These are mineral deposits that form on a floors of caves.

What type of particles can hold more groundwater?

A steeper stream gradient equals _____.

This type of stream flow occurs when particles move in roughly a straight line.

This type of reaction occurs when rocks and minerals react with water.

This groundwater feature occurs when an aquifer becomes trapped between 2 impermeable layers.

This is a fissure in the ground where hot steam and gasses escape.

The area surrounding the base of the volcano Mt. Hood is at risk of a __ is the volcano errupts

If groundwater in to a system > groundwater out of a system, the water table will _____.

This term describe the "income" and "spending" of water for a region.

This type of formation occurs when water dissolves away minerals in soluble rocks.

What do we call the breakup of rock due to exposure to the Earth's atmosphere?

This type of weather occurs when water between rocks freezes, expands and breaks them.

What do we call the movement of water from the ground into the atmosphere?

The photo below shows the effects of _____.

What type of weathering occurs when rocks are chemically altered to different things?