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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Extremely cold water being pushed up by pressure
B Heated water or gas periodically erupting from below ground
C Lava erupting from the ground
D Steam only seeping from the ground
Question #2
A Can’t tell for sure
B Deposition only
C Differential weathering and erosion
D Only aeolian processes
Question #3
A Saltation
B Solution
C Traction
D Suspension
Question #4
A Collapsed sinkholes
B Disappearing streams
C Uvalas
D Canyons
Question #5
The landform resulting from the flooding of former glacial valleys by raising ocean levels is called
A Spit
B Marine terrace
C Tombolo
D Fjord
Question #6
A They never meet
B Soda straw
C Column
D Geyser
Question #7
A All of these are correct
B And underwater volcanic eruption
C An underwater landslide
D An underwater earthquake
Question #8
A Increased acidification of rain as a result of air pollution
B Placing heavy weight atop (construction)of already unstable surfaces
C Excessive ground water removal
D All of these are correct
Question #9
A A rounded surface
B A steep, vertical cliff
C A sand dune
D A flat surface
Question #10
A Longshore current
B Wave of oscillation
C Wave of translation
D Tsunami
Question #11
A None of these is correct
B Salinas are dry lake beds with salt deposits, while saline lakes have water at all times
C Salinas and saline lakes are exactly the same thing
D Salinas are lakes full of saline water all year long
Question #12
A Mostly driven by winds
B Mostly driven by carbonic acid which forms in the atmosphere
C Mostly driven by sulfuric acid which forms below ground
D None of these
Question #15
A Impermeable ground surface
B Intense rain events
C Steady and reliable precipitation year round
D Lack of moisture
Question #16
A They may have features such as lagoons and spits
B They are parallel to the shoreline
C They are depositional landforms
D All of these are correct
Question #17
A They are characterized by caverns and sinkhole
B All of these are correct
C They are found in areas with a soluble bedrock
D They are shaped by the dissolution of soluble rock
Question #18
A Deflation and abrasion
B Barchan dunes and transverse dunes
C Saltation and traction
D Mesa and Scarp
Question #19
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #20
A Barchan
B Angle of repose
C Slip face
D Loess
Question #21
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #22
A Only in the Northern Hemisphere
B Only in the Himalayas and the Andes
C At very high elevations all over the globe
D In the Antarctic only
Question #23
A Cirque and Ice fields
B Mountain glaciers and ice sheets
C Small and large
D There are no specific categories of glaciers
Question #25
A Precipitation
B Erosion
C Dissolution
D None of the above
Question #26
A They are the same as ephemeral streams
B They are not at all impacted by the arid conditions in the desert
C They are sustained by water that originates outside the desert
D None of these is correct
Question #27
A Barchan dunes
B Soil
C Loess
D None of the above
Question #28
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #29
A Water is heated by being in contact with heated rocks or magma
B Water is heated by the sun
C None of these
D Water is hot for unknown reasons
Question #31
A Desert pavement
B Inselbergs
C Mesas
D Sand dunes
Question #32
A Florida
B Arches National Park
C Yellowstone
D Texas
Question #34
A Can’t tell for sure
B A blowout or hollow
C A ventifact
D A pinnacle
Question #35
A Loess
B Transverse dunes
C Barchan dunes
D Slip face dunes
Question #36
A Wind
B People
C Animals
D Water
Question #37
A Stalactites
B Hot springs
C Stalagmites
D Disappearing streams
Question #38
A Wave of translation
B Wave height
C Wave frequency
D Wave length
Question #39
A Badlands
B Basin and range
C Sand dunes
D Loess
