Unit 5 Review: Weathering, Erosion and Deposition

Sort the following examples into the three categories; weathering, erosion, or deposition. Weathering The process of breaking down rock on Earth's surface Acid rain breaking down limestone. Powerful waves of water wearing down rocks A glacier wearing down layers of rock. Frost wedging splitting rocks apart. Tiny particles of sand wearing away rock by wind abrasion. Roots of plants breaking rocks apart. Acidification Fox digging to create shelter Erosion A landslide rushing down a hill. Wind and water from a hurricane moving sediment. Waves removing sand from beaches. The process by which water, wind, ice, wind, or gravity moves pieces of rock or soil. Sand being moved by wind. A muddy river carrying sediment downstream. Rain washing away soil. Soil Creep Deposition A glacier dropping rock and other debris to form a moraine. Sediment settling at the bottom of the ocean. Waves building up sand on the beach. An alluvial fan forming at the base of a mountain stream. The process by which sediment settles and is deposited in a new location. A sand dune forming in the desert. A river delta forming. Horizontal Sorting Round, smooth, and most dense settle first Vertical Sorting Most surface area settling last Particle Sizes On the diagram, identify the name of each particle size.**Names must be spelled correctly to receive credit.** Boulders Cobbles Pebbles Sand Silt Clay Stream Velocities For each spot, record the stream velocity necessary to carry each particle size. **All units are cm and you DO NOT need to record them in your responses.**Whole numbers do not need a trailing zero. For example: don't write "1.0" write "1" 0.05 1 20 200 110 0.4 Particle Size For each spot, record the largest particle size that is able to be transported. For example 6.4.**All units are cm and you DO NOT need to record them in your responses. 0.001 0.006 2 25.6 0.03 0.3 What is the minimum rate of flow required to transport the largest sand grains? 100 cm 10 cm 5 cm 1 cm NYS Landscape Regions:Using your Reference Tables, Notes, and Summary Charts, complete each of the sentences with the correct information. 1. Syracuse, NY is located in the Erie-Ontario Lowlandslandscape region.2. Slide Mountain is located in The Catskillswhich are actually not mountains but instead are plateaus.3. The Adirondack Mountains landscape region includes the town of Old Forge.4. The Genesee River flows northbecause it is flowing from the higher elevation of a plateau into the lower elevation of a plain.5. The MohawkRiver is a tributary of the HudsonRiver which flows south (compass direction)out of the Adirondack Mountains.6. The Atlantic Coastal Plainis deposited glacial till and is therefor unsortedsediment.7. When acid rain falls on marble and breaks it down, this is an example of chemical weathering.8. Sand being picked up by the wind in a desert is an example of wind erosionand when it hits other rock breaking it down is an example of what type of physical weathering? Abrasion9. The most common type of river pattern is dendriticbecause of slight changes in elevation as the river runs toward lover elevation.10. A deltaforms at the mouth of a river when deposition occurs in the form of horizontalsorting.11. The first item to be dropped (deposited) is always the most dense.12. The last item dropped (deposited) is always the one with the most surface area.13. Conglomerate is a sedimentary rock which is made of unsortedsediment.14. Shale is a sedimentary rock which is made of sortedsediment.15. The Paleogeneis a period in NYS Geologic History that is missing from the rock record because the rock has experienced weathering and erosion.16. The advance and retreat of the last continental ice (glacier) occurred during the Quarternaryperiod.