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