Earth Science Test 2

Know the following:

Chapter 4 Weathering, Erosion and Mass Wasting

1. Weathering Rates                          

2. Causes and forces involved with mass wasting.

3. Human activity and mass wasting and soil erosion

4. Differences between: mass wasting, erosion, chemical weathering, physical weathering.

5. Types of mass wasting.            

Chapter 5 Water

1. Gradients

2. Stream loads.

3. The hydrologic cycle (water cycle)

4. Water as a resource.

5. Floods and humans

6. Distribution of earth's water

7. Local water source

8. Problems associated with ground water withdrawal in different places

Chapter 6 Glaciers and deserts

1. Glacial Budget.

2. Differences between ice sheets and alpine glaciers and locations today.

3. The formation of a rain shadow desert.

4. The formation of mid-latitude deserts.

5. The formation of desert pavement

6. How water and wind move material in a desert.

7. Weathering and erosion in a desert.