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Question #1

The smallest streams with no tributaries are called

A Ephemeral streams

B Secondary streams

C Creeks

D First order streams

Question #2

The angle of repose is:

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

B An unknown variable in mass movement

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

D The angle at which a slope is the most stable

Question #3

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

A Diverge

B Converge

C Slide past each other

D Cannot tell for sure

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 Gold

B Granite

C Limestone

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 An oceanic trench forms

D Absolutely nothing

Question #7

Tectonism or diastrophism consists of

A None of these

B Volcanic eruptions

C Folding and faulting of existing rock formations

D Plate boundary activity only

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 FALSE

B TRUE

Question #10

The center of fault motion during an earthquake is known as

A The magnitude

B The wave

C The focus

D The epicenter

Question #11

Streams that flow only during and immediately after rain are called

A Temporary

B Intermittent

C Perennial

D Ephemeral

Question #12

Which of the following is NOT a type of plate boundary

A Hot spot

B Convergent

C Transform

D Divergent

Question #13

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

A Stream rejuvenation

B Stream capacity

C Oxbow lake

D Stream competence

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 Foliated

B Organic

C Clastic

D Chemical

Question #16

Alluvium is a term that describes:

A None of these

B All 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 None of these

B Tributaries

C Small streams

D Useless

Question #18

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

A The lithosphere

B The lower mantle

C The crust

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 Climatology

C Biogeography

D GIS

Question #21

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

A Pyroclastic material

B Lahar

C Toxic gas plumes

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 Contact metamorphism

B Continental drift

C Isostasy

D Plate tectonics

Question #23

The following is NOT true about metamorphic rocks:

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

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

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 TRUE

B FALSE

Question #25

Stream discharge is measured as

A Volume per surface

B Volume per time

C Speed and time

D Volume only

Question #26

A drainage pattern resembling the branches of a tree is called

A Trellis

B Random

C Radial

D Dendritic

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 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 Alfred Wegener

B Alexander the Great

C Albert Einstein

D James Vaughan

Question #32

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

A Can’t tell for sure

B Shield volcanoes

C Stratovolcanoes

D Composite volcanoes

Question #33

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

A Cut banks

B Oxbow lakes

C Point bars

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 TRUE

B FALSE

Question #35

The ocean floor is made mostly out of

A Can’t know for sure

B Basalt

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

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

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

Question #37

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

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

B All of these are true about the Mantle

C Sits between the outer core and the crust

D It has three distinct layers

Question #38

Which of the following is not a drainage pattern?

A Random

B Trellis

C Dendritic

D Radial

Question #39

What are the two types of geomorphic processes?

A Foliated and nonfoliated

B Strong and weak

C Internal and external

D There is only one type of geomorphic process

Question #40

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

A Weathering

B Mass Wasting

C Erosion

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 Cree

B Solifluction

C Landslide

D Mudflow

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