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Landforms
final test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Caves and sinkholes would be most likely to occur in regions where the underlying bedrock is | |
| aeolian processes | |
| alluvian fan | |
| fluvial procrsses | |
| Badlands | |
| Bornhardt | |
| Butte | |
| Inselberg | |
| Mesa | |
| Pediment | |
| Scarp | |
| Bajada | |
| Clapan | |
| Playa | |
| Salina | |
| Barachan dune | |
| Erg | |
| Sand Dune | |
| Seif dune | |
| transverse dune | |
| Hamada | |
| Reg | |
| Tar | |
| Ablation | |
| Accumulation | |
| Alpine Glacier | |
| Arete | |
| Cirque | |
| Cirque glacier | |
| Col | |
| Drift | |
| Drumlin | |
| Esker | |
| Firm INeve) | |
| Glacial trough | |
| Hanging valley | |
| Headwall | |
| Horn | |
| Ice sheet | |
| Kame | |
| Kettle | |
| Morraine | |
| Piedmont glacier | |
| Oulet flacier | |
| Tarn | |
| Till | |
| Atoll | |
| Backshore | |
| backwash | |
| Barrier island | |
| Barrier reef | |
| Beach | |
| Berm | |
| Coral reef | |
| Estuary | |
| Fjord | |
| Headland | |
| Hook | |
| Lagoon | |
| Marine terrace | |
| Motu | |
| Ria shoreline | |
| Seismic sea wave | |
| Spit | |
| Tidal processes | |
| Tombolo | |
| Tsunami | |
| Wave processes | |
| Valley glacier | |
| individual crescent-shaped dune | barchan |
| long, linear dunes forming perpendicular to the direction of the wind | transverse |
| dune that forms between two dominat wind directions | . seif |
| a surface of coarse gravel, pebbles, and boulders lacking sand and dust | reg |
| barren surface of consolidated rock in dry lands | hamada |
| A seif aligns | in an intermediate direction between two dominant directions. |
| A hamada is | desert landscape with a barren surface. |
| Which of the following erosion sequences from largest to smallest is correct? | Plateau⇒mesa⇒butte⇒pillar |
| Which of the following aeolian features is not associated with dry lands? | None of the above because they are all associated with dry lands. |
| The immediate origin of loess is aeolian depositon | True |
| Pediments develop as desert mountains are worn down by weathering and erosion. | True |
| Desert landforms are largely a result of wind. | False |
| The single most significant feature of dry lands is the lack of vegetation | True |
| _____ weathering is dominant in humid climates while _____ weathering is dominant in arid regions. | |
| Which of the following is not a factor in the formation of desert landforms? | permeable surfaces |
| A fine grained wind-deposited surface material with extensive deposits in the midlatitudes is ____. | loess |
| The Spanish word for table applied to flat topped landforms in the American West is ______. | mesa |
| The single most important agent of landscape formation in deserts is ____. | water |
| A shallow depression from which an abundance of fine material has been deflated is known as a deflation hollow or _____. | blowout |
| An erg | is a desert landscape characterized by large expanses of sand. |
| Rivers such as the Nile or Colorado, which rise in moist regions and then flow through arid landscapes are called _____ streams. | exotic |
| Most desert streamflow eventually | evaporates or seeps into the landscape. |
| Aeolian processes refer to | wind. |
| Mesa-and-scarp topography is most closely associated with ____. | erosion |
| Many permanent desert lakes are best described by which phrase? | they were once much larger. They are remnants of Pleistocene lakes They receive water from exotic streams. They receive flow from nearby mountains. |
| In arid regions, differential erosion tends to be best developed in areas of _____. | multiple sedimentary layers |
| An arroyo is to a wadi as an inselberg is to a(n) _____. | bornhardt |
| Basin-and-range terrain has what three principal features? | ranges, piedmont zones, and basins |
| he steeper leeward side of a dune is called a _____. | slip face |
| Badlands result from ____. | a densely packed network of streams in erodible sedimentary rocks |
| The whitish surface of a salinas is due to _____. | high-salt concentrations |
| he main factors causing desertification in the Sahel were natural drought and _____. | overgrazing |
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