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