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