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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Extremely cold water being pushed up by pressure
B Steam only seeping from the ground
C Heated water or gas periodically erupting from below ground
D Lava erupting from the ground
Question #2
A Only aeolian processes
B Deposition only
C Can’t tell for sure
D Differential weathering and erosion
Question #3
A Solution
B Saltation
C Traction
D Suspension
Question #4
A Collapsed sinkholes
B Disappearing streams
C Canyons
D Uvalas
Question #5
The landform resulting from the flooding of former glacial valleys by raising ocean levels is called
A Marine terrace
B Fjord
C Tombolo
D Spit
Question #6
A Geyser
B Column
C They never meet
D Soda straw
Question #7
A And underwater volcanic eruption
B An underwater landslide
C All of these are correct
D An underwater earthquake
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 steep, vertical cliff
B A rounded surface
C A sand dune
D A flat surface
Question #10
A Tsunami
B Wave of translation
C Longshore current
D Wave of oscillation
Question #11
A Salinas and saline lakes are exactly the same thing
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 None of these is correct
Question #12
A Mostly driven by winds
B None of these
C Mostly driven by carbonic acid which forms in the atmosphere
D Mostly driven by sulfuric acid which forms below ground
Question #15
A Lack of moisture
B Impermeable ground surface
C Steady and reliable precipitation year round
D Intense rain events
Question #16
A They may have features such as lagoons and spits
B They are parallel to the shoreline
C All of these are correct
D They are depositional landforms
Question #17
A They are shaped by the dissolution of soluble rock
B All of these are correct
C They are found in areas with a soluble bedrock
D They are characterized by caverns and sinkhole
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 Slip face
B Loess
C Barchan
D Angle of repose
Question #21
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #22
A Only in the Northern Hemisphere
B In the Antarctic only
C Only in the Himalayas and the Andes
D At very high elevations all over the globe
Question #23
A Small and large
B Cirque and Ice fields
C There are no specific categories of glaciers
D Mountain glaciers and ice sheets
Question #25
A Dissolution
B Precipitation
C Erosion
D None of the above
Question #26
A They are not at all impacted by the arid conditions in the desert
B None of these is correct
C They are sustained by water that originates outside the desert
D They are the same as ephemeral streams
Question #27
A Soil
B Barchan dunes
C Loess
D None of the above
Question #28
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #29
A Water is heated by the sun
B None of these
C Water is heated by being in contact with heated rocks or magma
D Water is hot for unknown reasons
Question #31
A Mesas
B Inselbergs
C Desert pavement
D Sand dunes
Question #32
A Texas
B Arches National Park
C Yellowstone
D Florida
Question #34
A A pinnacle
B Can’t tell for sure
C A ventifact
D A blowout or hollow
Question #35
A Transverse dunes
B Loess
C Barchan dunes
D Slip face dunes
Question #36
A Water
B Wind
C Animals
D People
Question #37
A Disappearing streams
B Stalactites
C Stalagmites
D Hot springs
Question #38
A Wave height
B Wave of translation
C Wave length
D Wave frequency
Question #39
A Badlands
B Loess
C Basin and range
D Sand dunes
