ESS 101 Midterm 2 Test Questions
And 100%Correct Answers 2025-2026
Updated.
Chert generally precipitates in deep ocean water because ________. - Answer None of the
above answers are correct as chert typically precipitates in deep ocean water.
Which of the following statements about joints are not important in enhancing weathering in
rock? - Answer Joints increase tension in the rock causing weathering reaction rates to
increase.
Why is muscovite the most dominant mineral comprising most beach sand? - Answer It is not,
quartz is. Quartz is more resistant to chemical weathering than other silicate minerals.
Frost wedging occurs in rock because: - Answer Water expands when it freezes to form ice.
Besides oxidation reactions which of the following are examples of chemical weathering? -
Answer Dissolution of limestone, hydrolysis reactions of kaolinite.
As soils age the soil profile becomes - Answer -Thicker
-Redder
-More clay rich
Which of the following depositional setting do not generally result in cross beds? - Answer -
Wind-blown sand dunes
-Migrating stream channels
Soil profiles can form_______________. - Answer -In residual bedrock
-In unconsolidated sediment
Which of the following is not a process that leads to the lithification of sedimentary rock? -
Answer Flocculation of sediment.
And 100%Correct Answers 2025-2026
Updated.
Chert generally precipitates in deep ocean water because ________. - Answer None of the
above answers are correct as chert typically precipitates in deep ocean water.
Which of the following statements about joints are not important in enhancing weathering in
rock? - Answer Joints increase tension in the rock causing weathering reaction rates to
increase.
Why is muscovite the most dominant mineral comprising most beach sand? - Answer It is not,
quartz is. Quartz is more resistant to chemical weathering than other silicate minerals.
Frost wedging occurs in rock because: - Answer Water expands when it freezes to form ice.
Besides oxidation reactions which of the following are examples of chemical weathering? -
Answer Dissolution of limestone, hydrolysis reactions of kaolinite.
As soils age the soil profile becomes - Answer -Thicker
-Redder
-More clay rich
Which of the following depositional setting do not generally result in cross beds? - Answer -
Wind-blown sand dunes
-Migrating stream channels
Soil profiles can form_______________. - Answer -In residual bedrock
-In unconsolidated sediment
Which of the following is not a process that leads to the lithification of sedimentary rock? -
Answer Flocculation of sediment.
