Question 1

Which of the following is a knife edge ridge that forms from glaciers cutting on either side of a mountain?

Accepted Answer

A)   tarn
B)   horn
C)   esker
D)   arête

Question 2

Examine the words and/or phrases below and determine the relationship among the majority of words/phrases. Choose the option which does not fit the pattern.

Accepted Answer

A)   esker
B)   moraine
C)   hanging valley
D)   drumlin

Question 3

Use the figure below to answer the following questions
 
-Which feature is labeled T in the diagram and shown in photograph E?

Accepted Answer

A)   kettle lake
B)   esker
C)   drumlin
D)   kame
E)   braided stream

Question 4

The Basin and Range region of the western United States is an excellent example of a______ desert landscape.

Accepted Answer

A)   flat
B)   tectonically quiet
C)   mountainous
D)   featureless

Question 5

Which American state is entirely made up of Basin and Range desert?

Accepted Answer

A)   Nevada
B)   Arizona
C)   California
D)   Utah

Question 6

Which of the following statements about of glacial ice and sea ice is correct?

Accepted Answer

A)   Sea ice is thicker than glacial ice, and sea ice floats while glacial ice does not float.
B)   Sea ice is thinner than glacial ice, and both sea ice and glacial ice can float.
C)   Sea ice is thinner than glacial ice, and sea ice floats while glacial ice does not float.
D)   Sea ice is thicker than glacial ice, and both sea ice and glacial ice can float.

Question 7

The North Pole is covered by______ .

Accepted Answer

A)   mountains
B)   sea ice
C)   desert
D)   glaciers B

Question 8

Deserts are correctly characterized by being______ .

Accepted Answer

A)   mostly shaped by water
B)   lifeless
C)   sandy
D)   hot

Question 9

A playa is an______.

Accepted Answer

A)   dry shallow depression formed by deflation
B)   mound or ridge of sand
C)   stony veneer that forms as deflation lowers the surface by removing sand and silt
D)   intermittent lake on the floor of a desert valley

Question 10

The term drift______ .

Accepted Answer

A)   means any sediments of glacial origin
B)   is synonymous with the term till
C)   refers only to moraines
D)   refers only to alpine glaciers

Question 11

What distinguishes valley or alpine glaciers, ice sheets, ie shelves, and sea ice from each other?

Accepted Answer

The major differences are scale and loca...

Question 12

Ice Age glaciers had many indirect effects. Which one of the following was not such an effect?

Accepted Answer

A)   extinction of some organisms
B)   changes in some river courses
C)   sea level fluctuations
D)   formation of mountains

Question 13

Which of the following is considered to be the most likely cause of the Quaternary Ice ages?

Accepted Answer

A)   plate tectonics moving continents to polar regions
B)   variations in the earth's orbit Milankovitch cycles.
C)   sunspots
D)   human activity releasing "greenhouse" gases

Question 14

Desert pavement is the result of______.

Accepted Answer

A)   intense chemical weathering
B)   erosion by running water
C)   deflation by wind
D)   abrasion by windblown sand

Question 15

If the glacial budget is balanced accumulation equals wastage., then ______.

Accepted Answer

A)   the terminus of the glacier is stationary
B)   the ice front will retreat
C)   the ice front will advance
D)   the glacier will not flow downhill A

Question 16

Use the figure below to answer the following questions
 
-Which feature is labeled X in the diagram and shown in photograph B?

Accepted Answer

A)   kettle lake
B)   braided stream
C)   drumlin
D)   esker
E)   kame

Question 17

Note the map below of the western United States.  The dark lake is the Great Salt Lake and is the only lake still existing today. During the last ice ago a lighter blue areas were there too. Why are they no longer there?

Accepted Answer

A)   The weather today is warmer and dryer.
B)   The glaciers were sitting just below the surface of the rock under the lakes, and have now sunk to depths of 100 km.
C)   The ocean used to flow into the continent's interior and now no longer does so.
D)   There was a large ice dam during the ice age that broke and released the water.

Question 18

Which one of the following applies to a valley glacier that lengthens extends the position of its terminus downslope over a period of many years?

Accepted Answer

A)   wastage exceeds accumulation
B)   accumulation and wastage are about equal
C)   accumulation exceeds wastage
D)   none of the above

Question 19

______are erosional features produced by valley/alpine glaciers.

Accepted Answer

A)   Drumlins
B)   Cirques
C)   Moraines
D)   Eskers B

Question 20

Glaciation has been recorded______ .

Accepted Answer

A)   only during times when earth has moved farther away from the sun
B)   only millions of years ago. The Ice Ages are nothing we have seen during human history
C)   only during the Quaternary period
D)   at multiple times throughout Earth's history

Exam 10: Glaciers, Deserts, and Wind

Which of the following is a knife edge ridge that forms from glaciers cutting on either side of a mountain?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Examine the words and/or phrases below and determine the relationship among the majority of words/phrases. Choose the option which does not fit the pattern.

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Use the figure below to answer the following questions -Which feature is labeled T in the diagram and shown in photograph E?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

The Basin and Range region of the western United States is an excellent example of a______ desert landscape.

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Which American state is entirely made up of Basin and Range desert?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Which of the following statements about of glacial ice and sea ice is correct?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

The North Pole is covered by______ .

Correct AnswerverifiedB

Deserts are correctly characterized by being______ .

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

A playa is an______.

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

The term drift______ .

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

What distinguishes valley or alpine glaciers, ice sheets, ie shelves, and sea ice from each other?

Correct AnswerverifiedThe major differences are scale and loca...View AnswerShow Answer

Ice Age glaciers had many indirect effects. Which one of the following was not such an effect?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Which of the following is considered to be the most likely cause of the Quaternary Ice ages?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Desert pavement is the result of______.

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

If the glacial budget is balanced accumulation equals wastage., then ______.

Correct AnswerverifiedA

Use the figure below to answer the following questions -Which feature is labeled X in the diagram and shown in photograph B?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Note the map below of the western United States. The dark lake is the Great Salt Lake and is the only lake still existing today. During the last ice ago a lighter blue areas were there too. Why are they no longer there?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Which one of the following applies to a valley glacier that lengthens extends the position of its terminus downslope over a period of many years?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

______are erosional features produced by valley/alpine glaciers.

Correct AnswerverifiedB

Glaciation has been recorded______ .

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified
B

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified
The major differences are scale and loca...
View Answer

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified
A

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified
B

Correct Answer
verified