QUIZ NO. 2 4.

It may be defined as the process of

Geology for Civil Engineers breaking up of mineral constituents
Group 1 to form new components by the
BSCE 2-1 chemical actions of the physical
Name: agents.
Professor: Engr. Jefran B. Fresnido
a. Decomposition
b. Disintegration
I. MULTIPLE CHOICE:
c. Denudation
d. Disinfection
DIRECTION: Write the letter of the
correct answer before the number. 5. In general speaking, which type of
rock is the most resistant to
1. This refers to the amount of empty weathering?
space in a given material and exists
between the grains of minerals. a. Sedimentary Rocks
b. Metamorphic Rocks
a. Permeability c. Igneous Rocks
b. Porosity d. Basalt Rocks
c. Vesicles
d. Amygdales 6. It is the ratio between the weight-per-
unit volume of the material and the
2. During high grade metamorphism, weight-per-unit volume of water at a
ion migration result in segregation of stated temperature.
minerals into light and dark band.
a. Moisture
a. Phyllitic Texture b. Density
b. Slaty Texture c. Gradation
c. Schistose Texture d. Specific Gravity
d. Gneissic Texture
7. It is the environment where the land
3. It is a common grey to black masses meet the seas. It is normally
extrusive volcanic rock. It is usually refers to the narrow strip around the
fine-grained because of its rapid country.
cooling of lava on the Earth's
surface. a. Salt Marsh
b. Coasts
a. Basalt c. Rivers
b. Sandstone d. Estuaries
c. Quartz
d. Dolerite
8. It is the chemical erosion of the rocks 12. It is the oldest igneous rock in the
of the riverbank by the slightly acidic world, believed to have been formed
water. This occurs in streams as long as 300 million years ago.
running through rocks such as chalk
a. Basalt
and limestone.
b. Limestone
a. Abrasion c. Granite
b. Attrition d. Quartzite
c. Corrosion
13. It is the movement of material in the
d. Hydraulic Action
sea along the coast by waves.
9. Defined as a process of decay,
a. Erosion
disintegration and decomposition of
b. Traction
rocks under the influence of certain
c. Transportation
physical and chemical agencies.
d. Deposition
a. Weathering
14. It is a continuous process and is still
b. Erosion
in action today. The great number of
c. Rock cycle
original rocks, the variety of soil-
d. Lithification
forming forces, and the length of
10. This rock is composed of rounded time that these forces have acted all
gravel cemented together. These produce many different soils.
kinds of rocks are formed from
a. Soil Formation
cemented sediment grains that come
b. Soil Profile
from pre-existing rocks.
c. Weathering of Soil
a. Breccia d. Soil Strength
b. Conglomerate
15. Type of pressure wherein forces that
c. Clay stone
deform rock are unequal in different
d. Sandstone
directions.
11. They are perhaps the most
spectacular erosional feature of a a. Confining Pressure
river. They primarily occur in the b. Differential Stress
upper course of the river. They are c. Integral Stress
often forming where a band of harder d. Differential Pressure
rock lies over a softer one.
II. ENUMERATION
a. Waterfalls
1-3. Metamorphic Agents
b. Meanders
4-6. Three Fluvial Process
c. V-shaped Valleys
7-10. Examples of Non-Clastic
d. Interlocking Spurs
Sedimentary Rocks