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