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Question #1

The smallest streams with no tributaries are called

A First order streams

B Secondary streams

C Creeks

D Ephemeral streams

Question #2

The angle of repose is:

A An unknown variable in mass movement

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

C The angle at which a slope is the most stable

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

Question #3

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

A Cannot tell for sure

B Converge

C Slide past each other

D Diverge

Question #4

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

A TRUE

B FALSE

Question #5

Which is an example of a native element

A Limestone

B Granite

C Gold

D None of the above

Question #6

What happens when two continental plates collide:

A A tall mountain range develops, such as the Himalayas

B We can’t tell for sure

C Absolutely nothing

D An oceanic trench forms

Question #7

Tectonism or diastrophism consists of

A Volcanic eruptions

B None of these

C Plate boundary activity only

D Folding and faulting of existing rock formations

Question #8

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

A Warm and dry

B Very hot and very dry

C Very cold and dry

D Warm and wet

Question #9

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

A TRUE

B FALSE

Question #10

The center of fault motion during an earthquake is known as

A The wave

B The magnitude

C The epicenter

D The focus

Question #11

Streams that flow only during and immediately after rain are called

A Intermittent

B Ephemeral

C Perennial

D Temporary

Question #12

Which of the following is NOT a type of plate boundary

A Divergent

B Hot spot

C Convergent

D Transform

Question #13

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

A Stream competence

B Oxbow lake

C Stream rejuvenation

D Stream capacity

Question #14

Urbanization has absolutely no impact on flooding patterns

A FALSE

B TRUE

Question #15

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

A Clastic

B Organic

C Chemical

D Foliated

Question #16

Alluvium is a term that describes:

A All of these

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

C A type of stream pattern

D Rocks and boulders carried in the water

E None of these

Question #17

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

A None of these

B Small streams

C Tributaries

D Useless

Question #18

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

A The crust

B The lithosphere

C The asthenosphere

D The lower mantle

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 Climatology

B Biogeography

C Geomorphology

D GIS

Question #21

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

A All of these

B Toxic gas plumes

C Lahar

D Pyroclastic material

Question #22

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

A Contact metamorphism

B Plate tectonics

C Isostasy

D Continental drift

Question #23

The following is NOT true about metamorphic rocks:

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

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

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

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

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 Volume only

B Volume per time

C Speed and time

D Volume per surface

Question #26

A drainage pattern resembling the branches of a tree is called

A Trellis

B Dendritic

C Radial

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 Delta

B Oxbow lake

C Cut bank

D None of the above

Question #31

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

A Alfred Wegener

B James Vaughan

C Albert Einstein

D Alexander the Great

Question #32

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

A Composite volcanoes

B Stratovolcanoes

C Can’t tell for sure

D Shield volcanoes

Question #33

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

A Cut banks

B All of these

C Oxbow lakes

D Point bars

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 Limestone

D Granite

Question #36

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

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

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

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

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

Question #37

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

A All of these are true about the Mantle

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

C It has three distinct layers

D Sits between the outer core and the crust

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 Foliated and nonfoliated

C Strong and weak

D Internal and external

Question #40

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

A Uplfit

B Erosion

C Weathering

D Mass Wasting

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 Mudflow

B Cree

C Landslide

D Solifluction

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