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Question #1

The smallest streams with no tributaries are called

A Ephemeral streams

B Creeks

C First order streams

D Secondary streams

Question #2

The angle of repose is:

A The angle at which a slope is the most stable

B An unknown variable in mass movement

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

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

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 Diverge

D Slide past each other

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 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 An oceanic trench forms

C We can’t tell for sure

D Absolutely nothing

Question #7

Tectonism or diastrophism consists of

A Folding and faulting of existing rock formations

B Plate boundary activity only

C Volcanic eruptions

D None of these

Question #8

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

A Very cold and dry

B Warm and wet

C Warm and dry

D Very hot and very dry

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 focus

C The epicenter

D The magnitude

Question #11

Streams that flow only during and immediately after rain are called

A Intermittent

B Ephemeral

C Temporary

D Perennial

Question #12

Which of the following is NOT a type of plate boundary

A Divergent

B Convergent

C Transform

D Hot spot

Question #13

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

A Stream competence

B Stream capacity

C Oxbow lake

D Stream rejuvenation

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 Chemical

B Clastic

C Organic

D Foliated

Question #16

Alluvium is a term that describes:

A A type of stream pattern

B All of these

C None of these

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

E Rocks and boulders carried in the water

Question #17

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

A Small streams

B Tributaries

C Useless

D None of these

Question #18

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

A The crust

B The lower mantle

C The lithosphere

D The asthenosphere

Question #19

Which of the following is not contained within a stream load

A Dissolved load

B Heavy load

C Suspended load

D Bedload

Question #20

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

A Geomorphology

B Biogeography

C Climatology

D GIS

Question #21

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

A Lahar

B Toxic gas plumes

C Pyroclastic material

D All of these

Question #22

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

A Continental drift

B Isostasy

C Contact metamorphism

D Plate tectonics

Question #23

The following is NOT true about metamorphic rocks:

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

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

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

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 FALSE

B TRUE

Question #25

Stream discharge is measured as

A Volume per surface

B Speed and time

C Volume only

D Volume per time

Question #26

A drainage pattern resembling the branches of a tree is called

A Dendritic

B Random

C Trellis

D Radial

Question #27

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

A TRUE

B FALSE

Question #28

Horst and Graben is a landscape associated with

A Faulting

B Mass wasting

C Volcanism

D None of the above

Question #29

Denudation is the process of wearing away or rearranging existing landforms

A FALSE

B TRUE

Question #30

The depositional landform at a mouth of a river is called

A Delta

B Cut bank

C Oxbow lake

D None of the above

Question #31

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

A James Vaughan

B Alfred Wegener

C Albert Einstein

D Alexander the Great

Question #32

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

A Stratovolcanoes

B Can’t tell for sure

C Composite volcanoes

D Shield volcanoes

Question #33

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

A All of these

B Oxbow lakes

C Point bars

D Cut banks

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 TRUE

B FALSE

Question #35

The ocean floor is made mostly out of

A Basalt

B Limestone

C Granite

D Can’t know for sure

Question #36

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

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

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

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 It has three distinct layers

B All of these are true about the Mantle

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

D Sits between the outer core and the crust

Question #38

Which of the following is not a drainage pattern?

A Radial

B Dendritic

C Random

D Trellis

Question #39

What are the two types of geomorphic processes?

A Internal and external

B Foliated and nonfoliated

C There is only one type of geomorphic process

D Strong and weak

Question #40

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

A Mass Wasting

B Uplfit

C Weathering

D Erosion

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 Landslide

C Cree

D Solifluction

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