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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 Heated water or gas periodically erupting from below ground
C Steam only seeping from the 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 Suspension
D Traction
Question #4
A Collapsed sinkholes
B Uvalas
C Disappearing streams
D Canyons
Question #5
The landform resulting from the flooding of former glacial valleys by raising ocean levels is called
A Fjord
B Marine terrace
C Spit
D Tombolo
Question #6
A They never meet
B Soda straw
C Column
D Geyser
Question #7
A An underwater earthquake
B And underwater volcanic eruption
C An underwater landslide
D All of these are correct
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 rounded surface
B A flat surface
C A steep, vertical cliff
D A sand dune
Question #10
A Tsunami
B Longshore current
C Wave of oscillation
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 are lakes full of saline water all year long
C None of these is correct
D Salinas and saline lakes are exactly the same thing
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 Impermeable ground surface
B Steady and reliable precipitation year round
C Intense rain events
D Lack of moisture
Question #16
A They are depositional landforms
B All of these are correct
C They may have features such as lagoons and spits
D They are parallel to the shoreline
Question #17
A They are shaped by the dissolution of soluble rock
B They are characterized by caverns and sinkhole
C All of these are correct
D They are found in areas with a soluble bedrock
Question #18
A Barchan dunes and transverse dunes
B Deflation and abrasion
C Saltation and traction
D Mesa and Scarp
Question #19
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #20
A Slip face
B Angle of repose
C Barchan
D Loess
Question #21
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #22
A Only in the Himalayas and the Andes
B Only in the Northern Hemisphere
C At very high elevations all over the globe
D In the Antarctic only
Question #23
A Cirque and Ice fields
B Small and large
C Mountain glaciers and ice sheets
D There are no specific categories of glaciers
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 None of these is correct
C They are not at all impacted by the arid conditions in the desert
D They are the same as ephemeral streams
Question #27
A Barchan dunes
B Loess
C Soil
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 being in contact with heated rocks or magma
C None of these
D Water is heated by the sun
Question #31
A Desert pavement
B Mesas
C Sand dunes
D Inselbergs
Question #32
A Yellowstone
B Arches National Park
C Texas
D Florida
Question #34
A A pinnacle
B Can’t tell for sure
C A ventifact
D A blowout or hollow
Question #35
A Slip face dunes
B Loess
C Transverse dunes
D Barchan dunes
Question #36
A People
B Water
C Wind
D Animals
Question #37
A Hot springs
B Disappearing streams
C Stalagmites
D Stalactites
Question #38
A Wave length
B Wave height
C Wave frequency
D Wave of translation
Question #39
A Basin and range
B Sand dunes
C Badlands
D Loess
