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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 Lava erupting from the ground
C Steam only seeping from the ground
D Heated water or gas periodically erupting from below ground
Question #2
A Differential weathering and erosion
B Deposition only
C Only aeolian processes
D Can’t tell for sure
Question #3
A Saltation
B Suspension
C Solution
D Traction
Question #4
A Collapsed sinkholes
B Disappearing streams
C Uvalas
D Canyons
Question #5
The landform resulting from the flooding of former glacial valleys by raising ocean levels is called
A Spit
B Marine terrace
C Fjord
D Tombolo
Question #6
A Geyser
B Column
C Soda straw
D They never meet
Question #7
A An underwater landslide
B And underwater volcanic eruption
C All of these are correct
D An underwater earthquake
Question #8
A Excessive ground water removal
B Placing heavy weight atop (construction)of already unstable surfaces
C Increased acidification of rain as a result of air pollution
D All of these are correct
Question #9
A A steep, vertical cliff
B A flat surface
C A sand dune
D A rounded surface
Question #10
A Wave of oscillation
B Tsunami
C Longshore current
D Wave of translation
Question #11
A Salinas are dry lake beds with salt deposits, while saline lakes have water at all times
B Salinas and saline lakes are exactly the same thing
C Salinas are lakes full of saline water all year long
D None of these is correct
Question #12
A None of these
B Mostly driven by winds
C Mostly driven by carbonic acid which forms in the atmosphere
D Mostly driven by sulfuric acid which forms below ground
Question #15
A Impermeable ground surface
B Lack of moisture
C Steady and reliable precipitation year round
D Intense rain events
Question #16
A They are depositional landforms
B All of these are correct
C They are parallel to the shoreline
D They may have features such as lagoons and spits
Question #17
A They are shaped by the dissolution of soluble rock
B They are found in areas with a soluble bedrock
C They are characterized by caverns and sinkhole
D All of these are correct
Question #18
A Mesa and Scarp
B Deflation and abrasion
C Saltation and traction
D Barchan dunes and transverse dunes
Question #19
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #20
A Angle of repose
B Loess
C Barchan
D Slip face
Question #21
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #22
A Only in the Himalayas and the Andes
B At very high elevations all over the globe
C Only in the Northern Hemisphere
D In the Antarctic only
Question #23
A There are no specific categories of glaciers
B Mountain glaciers and ice sheets
C Cirque and Ice fields
D Small and large
Question #25
A Dissolution
B Erosion
C Precipitation
D None of the above
Question #26
A They are sustained by water that originates outside the desert
B They are not at all impacted by the arid conditions in the desert
C They are the same as ephemeral streams
D None of these is correct
Question #27
A Loess
B Soil
C Barchan dunes
D None of the above
Question #28
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #29
A Water is heated by being in contact with heated rocks or magma
B None of these
C Water is hot for unknown reasons
D Water is heated by the sun
Question #31
A Sand dunes
B Desert pavement
C Mesas
D Inselbergs
Question #32
A Yellowstone
B Florida
C Texas
D Arches National Park
Question #34
A Can’t tell for sure
B A blowout or hollow
C A pinnacle
D A ventifact
Question #35
A Transverse dunes
B Slip face dunes
C Loess
D Barchan dunes
Question #36
A Animals
B Water
C Wind
D People
Question #37
A Disappearing streams
B Stalactites
C Hot springs
D Stalagmites
Question #38
A Wave of translation
B Wave length
C Wave frequency
D Wave height
Question #39
A Badlands
B Basin and range
C Sand dunes
D Loess
