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Question #1

The smallest streams with no tributaries are called

A Secondary streams

B Ephemeral streams

C First order streams

D Creeks

Question #2

The angle of repose is:

A The angle at which a slope is the most stable

B Not depended on the size of the sediment or rock particle

C Steepest angle assumed by loose material on a slow without downslope movement

D An unknown variable in mass movement

Question #3

A mid-oceanic ridge (rift) can be found in an area where two tectonic plates

A Slide past each other

B Cannot tell for sure

C Diverge

D Converge

Question #4

A flow is characterized by a higher moisture content compared to a fall or a slide

A FALSE

B TRUE

Question #5

Which is an example of a native element

A Granite

B Limestone

C Gold

D None of the above

Question #6

What happens when two continental plates collide:

A We can’t tell for sure

B An oceanic trench forms

C A tall mountain range develops, such as the Himalayas

D Absolutely nothing

Question #7

Tectonism or diastrophism consists of

A Plate boundary activity only

B Folding and faulting of existing rock formations

C None of these

D Volcanic eruptions

Question #8

Of the following climates, which is most likely to experience the fastest weathering

A Warm and wet

B Warm and dry

C Very hot and very dry

D Very cold and dry

Question #9

A drainage divide is a higher land area which separates drainage basins or watersheds

A FALSE

B TRUE

Question #10

The center of fault motion during an earthquake is known as

A The magnitude

B The focus

C The epicenter

D The wave

Question #11

Streams that flow only during and immediately after rain are called

A Temporary

B Ephemeral

C Perennial

D Intermittent

Question #12

Which of the following is NOT a type of plate boundary

A Transform

B Convergent

C Divergent

D Hot spot

Question #13

The process that increases a stream’s downcutting ability is called

A Stream rejuvenation

B Oxbow lake

C Stream capacity

D Stream competence

Question #14

Urbanization has absolutely no impact on flooding patterns

A TRUE

B FALSE

Question #15

The type of sedimentary rock formed out of preexisting rock pieces (gravel, sand, etc.) is called

A Foliated

B Clastic

C Chemical

D Organic

Question #16

Alluvium is a term that describes:

A All of these

B None of these

C A type of stream pattern

D Rocks and boulders carried in the water

E Clay, silt, gravel, and sand deposited by running water

Question #17

Smaller streams that are joining with a larger stream within a watershed are called

A Useless

B Tributaries

C None of these

D Small streams

Question #18

The layer of the mantle in which rocks are plastic, fluid, and easily deformed is called

A The lithosphere

B The crust

C The lower mantle

D The asthenosphere

Question #19

Which of the following is not contained within a stream load

A Heavy load

B Bedload

C Dissolved load

D Suspended load

Question #20

The branch of geography that investigates the origin, evolution, and distribution of surface landforms is:

A GIS

B Climatology

C Geomorphology

D Biogeography

Question #21

Which of the following is a hazard commonly associated with volcanic eruptions?

A Lahar

B All of these

C Pyroclastic material

D Toxic gas plumes

Question #22

The process of adjustment of the Earth’s crust due to changes in the load on top of it is called

A Plate tectonics

B Isostasy

C Continental drift

D Contact metamorphism

Question #23

The following is NOT true about metamorphic rocks:

A They can form out of any type of rock under the right conditions (heat and/or pressure present)

B They can be separated in two categories: foliated and non-foliated

C They form when other rocks are subjected to intense heat and/or pressure

D They can be separated in two categories: intrusive and extrusive

Question #24

All rocks, no matter what kind they are, weather at exactly the same rate.

A TRUE

B FALSE

Question #25

Stream discharge is measured as

A Speed and time

B Volume only

C Volume per surface

D Volume per time

Question #26

A drainage pattern resembling the branches of a tree is called

A Radial

B Trellis

C Dendritic

D Random

Question #27

Deposition is likely to occur when the stream flow speed or water volume decreases

A FALSE

B TRUE

Question #28

Horst and Graben is a landscape associated with

A Volcanism

B Faulting

C Mass wasting

D None of the above

Question #29

Denudation is the process of wearing away or rearranging existing landforms

A TRUE

B FALSE

Question #30

The depositional landform at a mouth of a river is called

A Cut bank

B Oxbow lake

C Delta

D None of the above

Question #31

The first person who proposed the theory of plate tectonics is:

A Alexander the Great

B Albert Einstein

C Alfred Wegener

D James Vaughan

Question #32

Gentle sloped volcanoes build by the lengthy outpour of very fluid lave are called

A Shield volcanoes

B Composite volcanoes

C Stratovolcanoes

D Can’t tell for sure

Question #33

Which of the following are features that can be found in a meandering stream channel

A Oxbow lakes

B Point bars

C Cut banks

D All of these

Question #34

Earthquakes used to be very difficult to predict in the past, but luckily now we can tell for sure when and where an earthquake will take place, and exactly how strong it will be.

A FALSE

B TRUE

Question #35

The ocean floor is made mostly out of

A Basalt

B Can’t know for sure

C Granite

D Limestone

Question #36

When an oceanic and a continental plate converge the following takes place:

A The continental plates moves right passed the continental plate like nothing happened

B We cannot tell for sure, it all depends on the circumstances

C The denser oceanic plate is subducted under the less dense continental plate

D The less dense continental plate is subducted under the denser oceanic plate

Question #37

The following is (are) true about the Earth’s Mantle:

A It has three distinct layers

B Ends with the MohoroviÄ iÄ (MOHO) discontinuity which separates it from the curst

C Sits between the outer core and the crust

D All of these are true about the Mantle

Question #38

Which of the following is not a drainage pattern?

A Trellis

B Radial

C Random

D Dendritic

Question #39

What are the two types of geomorphic processes?

A There is only one type of geomorphic process

B Internal and external

C Strong and weak

D Foliated and nonfoliated

Question #40

Which of the following is NOT a stage within the denudation process?

A Mass Wasting

B Erosion

C Weathering

D Uplfit

Question #41

Which type of mass movement are we most likely to witness in the tundra, where the ground below a certain depth is permanently frozen

A Landslide

B Solifluction

C Cree

D Mudflow

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