Abeka Science Earth and Space Test 4 Review

What are limestone formations that have become filled with various passageways and large caves?

What term discribes a huge hole left in the ground when an ice chunk left by a retreating glacier melts?

A narrow, sandy island formed by a large bar off the coast of the mainland is called __

What is the name for a vertical face of rock that forms when the sea removes rock from the base of a high ridge?

Suspension, saltation, and creep, in which wind transports sediments are __ processes.

Prarticles too heavy to be lifted by the wind are rolled in short bursts through a process called __

What type of weathering occures when rainwater soaks into cracks in a rock and freezes, splitting the rock?

Regions of the earth's surface where limestone is exposed and abundant are called __ regions.

What is the name for the time where one-third of the earth's land area was covered in glaciers?

What is the main agent of chemical weathering?

A long pile of rocks deposited parallel to the shrote to prevent erosion is __

What is the drainage divide in the US west of the Rocky Mountains?