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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Lava erupting from the ground
B Steam only seeping from the ground
C Extremely cold water being pushed up by pressure
D Heated water or gas periodically erupting from below ground
Question #2
A Only aeolian processes
B Can’t tell for sure
C Differential weathering and erosion
D Deposition only
Question #3
A Suspension
B Traction
C Saltation
D Solution
Question #4
A Disappearing streams
B Uvalas
C Collapsed sinkholes
D Canyons
Question #5
The landform resulting from the flooding of former glacial valleys by raising ocean levels is called
A Marine terrace
B Fjord
C Spit
D Tombolo
Question #6
A Geyser
B Soda straw
C Column
D They never meet
Question #7
A And underwater volcanic eruption
B An underwater earthquake
C An underwater landslide
D All of these are correct
Question #8
A All of these are correct
B Placing heavy weight atop (construction)of already unstable surfaces
C Increased acidification of rain as a result of air pollution
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 Tsunami
B Wave of oscillation
C Longshore current
D Wave of translation
Question #11
A Salinas are lakes full of saline water all year long
B None of these is correct
C Salinas and saline lakes are exactly the same thing
D Salinas are dry lake beds with salt deposits, while saline lakes have water at all times
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 Intense rain events
B Lack of moisture
C Steady and reliable precipitation year round
D Impermeable ground surface
Question #16
A All of these are correct
B They are depositional landforms
C They may have features such as lagoons and spits
D They are parallel to the shoreline
Question #17
A All of these are correct
B They are found in areas with a soluble bedrock
C They are characterized by caverns and sinkhole
D They are shaped by the dissolution of soluble rock
Question #18
A Saltation and traction
B Mesa and Scarp
C Deflation and abrasion
D Barchan dunes and transverse dunes
Question #19
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #20
A Slip face
B Loess
C Angle of repose
D Barchan
Question #21
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #22
A At very high elevations all over the globe
B Only in the Himalayas and the Andes
C In the Antarctic only
D Only in the Northern Hemisphere
Question #23
A There are no specific categories of glaciers
B Mountain glaciers and ice sheets
C Small and large
D Cirque and Ice fields
Question #25
A Dissolution
B Precipitation
C Erosion
D None of the above
Question #26
A They are the same as ephemeral streams
B They are sustained by water that originates outside the desert
C They are not at all impacted by the arid conditions in the desert
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 Desert pavement
B Inselbergs
C Sand dunes
D Mesas
Question #32
A Florida
B Yellowstone
C Arches National Park
D Texas
Question #34
A Can’t tell for sure
B A blowout or hollow
C A pinnacle
D A ventifact
Question #35
A Barchan dunes
B Slip face dunes
C Loess
D Transverse dunes
Question #36
A Water
B Animals
C Wind
D People
Question #37
A Stalagmites
B Hot springs
C Disappearing streams
D Stalactites
Question #38
A Wave length
B Wave height
C Wave frequency
D Wave of translation
Question #39
A Basin and range
B Loess
C Sand dunes
D Badlands
