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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 Lava erupting 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 Can’t tell for sure
B Only aeolian processes
C Differential weathering and erosion
D Deposition only
Question #3
A Traction
B Suspension
C Solution
D Saltation
Question #4
A Uvalas
B Collapsed sinkholes
C Disappearing streams
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 Tombolo
D Spit
Question #6
A Soda straw
B Column
C Geyser
D They never meet
Question #7
A All of these are correct
B An underwater landslide
C And underwater volcanic eruption
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 sand dune
B A rounded surface
C A flat surface
D A steep, vertical cliff
Question #10
A Longshore current
B Wave of translation
C Wave of oscillation
D Tsunami
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 Mostly driven by sulfuric acid which forms below ground
B Mostly driven by winds
C Mostly driven by carbonic acid which forms in the atmosphere
D None of these
Question #15
A Steady and reliable precipitation year round
B Impermeable ground surface
C Intense rain events
D Lack of moisture
Question #16
A All of these are correct
B They are parallel to the shoreline
C They may have features such as lagoons and spits
D They are depositional landforms
Question #17
A They are found in areas with a soluble bedrock
B They are shaped by the dissolution of soluble rock
C All of these are correct
D They are characterized by caverns and sinkhole
Question #18
A Deflation and abrasion
B Barchan dunes and transverse dunes
C Saltation and traction
D Mesa and Scarp
Question #19
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #20
A Angle of repose
B Slip face
C Loess
D Barchan
Question #21
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #22
A In the Antarctic only
B Only in the Northern Hemisphere
C Only in the Himalayas and the Andes
D At very high elevations all over the globe
Question #23
A Mountain glaciers and ice sheets
B Cirque and Ice fields
C There are no specific categories of glaciers
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 the same as ephemeral streams
C None of these is correct
D They are not at all impacted by the arid conditions in the desert
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 None of these
C Water is heated by being in contact with heated rocks or magma
D Water is heated by the sun
Question #31
A Sand dunes
B Mesas
C Desert pavement
D Inselbergs
Question #32
A Yellowstone
B Texas
C Arches National Park
D Florida
Question #34
A A blowout or hollow
B A ventifact
C Can’t tell for sure
D A pinnacle
Question #35
A Transverse dunes
B Slip face dunes
C Barchan dunes
D Loess
Question #36
A Water
B Animals
C People
D Wind
Question #37
A Disappearing streams
B Hot springs
C Stalagmites
D Stalactites
Question #38
A Wave length
B Wave height
C Wave frequency
D Wave of translation
Question #39
A Loess
B Sand dunes
C Badlands
D Basin and range
