Question 1

A __________is formed by abrasion of rocks by windblown sand.

Accepted Answer

A)  desert pavement 
B)  ventifact 
C)  playa 
D)  pediment 
A)  desert pavement 
B)  ventifact 
C)  playa 
D)  pediment

Question 2

describes the complex, internal stratification or bedding in a sand dune.

Accepted Answer

The answer of describes the complex, internal stratification or bedding...

Question 3

________dunes are linear sand ridges roughly parallel to the prevailing wind direction in areas of moderate sand supply.

Accepted Answer

A)  Parabolic 
B)  Transverse 
C)  Longitudinal 
D)  Barchan 
A)  Parabolic 
B)  Transverse 
C)  Longitudinal 
D)  Barchan

Question 4

Where do the low- latitude deserts tend to occur?

Accepted Answer

between th

Question 5

A single, crescent- shaped__________ dune is noted for slow rates of motion and tips pointing downwind.

Accepted Answer

A)  longitudinal 
B)  parabolic 
C)  barchan 
D)  transverse 
A)  longitudinal 
B)  parabolic 
C)  barchan 
D)  transverse

Question 6

Which one of the following is a low-latitude desert characterized by high atmospheric pressures and descending air masses (not rain shadow deserts).

Accepted Answer

A)  Atacama Desert in Chile, South America 
B)  desert valleys of the Great Basin, U.S. 
C)  Sahara Desert; northern Africa 
D)  Gobi Desert, China and Mongolia 
A)  Atacama Desert in Chile, South America 
B)  desert valleys of the Great Basin, U.S. 
C)  Sahara Desert; northern Africa 
D)  Gobi Desert, China and Mongolia

Question 7

What is the cause of Canada's Arctic deserts like those on Cornwallis and Ellismere Islands?

Accepted Answer

A)  permanent high pressure and dry north polar easterlies 
B)  subtropical high from the descending limb of the Tropic of Cancer's Hadley cell 
C)  a rainshadow from the Mackenzie Mountains in the Northwest Territories 
D)  overgrazing by musk oxen and melting of the Arctic ice cap 
A)  permanent high pressure and dry north polar easterlies 
B)  subtropical high from the descending limb of the Tropic of Cancer's Hadley cell 
C)  a rainshadow from the Mackenzie Mountains in the Northwest Territories 
D)  overgrazing by musk oxen and melting of the Arctic ice cap

Question 8

Which one of the following is the best measure of the wetness or dryness of a region?

Accepted Answer

A)  percentage of precipitation that falls during the summer months 
B)  mean annual temperature 
C)  total annual precipitation 
D)  difference between annual precipitation and evaporation potential 
A)  percentage of precipitation that falls during the summer months 
B)  mean annual temperature 
C)  total annual precipitation 
D)  difference between annual precipitation and evaporation potential

Question 9

Wind transported bed load along the desert floor is called ________ .

Accepted Answer

A)  bed shimmy 
B)  floor migration 
C)  desert crawl 
D)  surface creep 
A)  bed shimmy 
B)  floor migration 
C)  desert crawl 
D)  surface creep

Question 10

What is the term for a small depression formed by deflation of a desert floor?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What is the term for a small...

Question 11

Which type of dune resembles a transverse dune with scalloped edges pointing downwind?

Accepted Answer

A)  barchanoid 
B)  hemorrhoid 
C)  parabolic 
D)  barchan 
A)  barchanoid 
B)  hemorrhoid 
C)  parabolic 
D)  barchan

Question 12

What is the cause of the Patagonian desert?

Accepted Answer

A)  rainshadow from onshore south Pacific westerlies and high elevations of the Andes 
B)  permanent high pressure and dry south polar easterlies 
C)  subtropical high from descending limb of the Tropic of Capricorn's Hadley cell 
D)  major river diversion of Rio de Plata for irrigation in northern Argentina 
A)  rainshadow from onshore south Pacific westerlies and high elevations of the Andes 
B)  permanent high pressure and dry south polar easterlies 
C)  subtropical high from descending limb of the Tropic of Capricorn's Hadley cell 
D)  major river diversion of Rio de Plata for irrigation in northern Argentina

Question 13

Which of the following drylands lies in the rainshadow caused by prevailing Pacific westerlies and the high peaks of the Coast Mountains and North Cascades?

Accepted Answer

A)  Patagonian 
B)  Okanagan Valley 
C)  Sonoran 
D)  Atacama 
A)  Patagonian 
B)  Okanagan Valley 
C)  Sonoran 
D)  Atacama

Question 14

How is desert pavement formed?

Accepted Answer

A)  Blowing wind removes fine- size soil particles; coarser particles abrades to sand size. 
B)  Running water deposits gravel and sand over the finer- sized soil particles. 
C)  Intense chemical weathering removes the sand- and silt- sized particles, leaving coarse rock debris covering the land surface. 
D)  Deflation and sheet wash remove fine- sized materials leaving coarse, weathered, rock fragments concentrated at the surface. 
A)  Blowing wind removes fine- size soil particles; coarser particles abrades to sand size. 
B)  Running water deposits gravel and sand over the finer- sized soil particles. 
C)  Intense chemical weathering removes the sand- and silt- sized particles, leaving coarse rock debris covering the land surface. 
D)  Deflation and sheet wash remove fine- sized materials leaving coarse, weathered, rock fragments concentrated at the surface.

A __________is formed by abrasion of rocks by windblown sand.

describes the complex, internal stratification or bedding in a sand dune.

________dunes are linear sand ridges roughly parallel to the prevailing wind direction in areas of moderate sand supply.

Where do the low- latitude deserts tend to occur?

A single, crescent- shaped__________ dune is noted for slow rates of motion and tips pointing downwind.

Which one of the following is a low-latitude desert characterized by high atmospheric pressures and descending air masses (not rain shadow deserts).

What is the cause of Canada's Arctic deserts like those on Cornwallis and Ellismere Islands?

Which one of the following is the best measure of the wetness or dryness of a region?

Wind transported bed load along the desert floor is called ________ .

What is the term for a small depression formed by deflation of a desert floor?

Which type of dune resembles a transverse dune with scalloped edges pointing downwind?

What is the cause of the Patagonian desert?

Which of the following drylands lies in the rainshadow caused by prevailing Pacific westerlies and the high peaks of the Coast Mountains and North Cascades?

How is desert pavement formed?

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Minerals: the Building Blocks of Rocks

Igneous Rocks

Volcanoes and Volcanic Processes

Weathering and Soil

Sedimentary Rocks

Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks

Geologic Time

Crustal Deformation

The Ocean Floor

Plate Tectonics: the Framework for Modern Geology

Mountain Building and Continental Frameworks

Mass Wasting: the Work of Gravity

Running Water

Groundwater

Glaciers and Glaciation

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Shorelines

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Exam 10: Earthquakes and Earths Interior

A __________is formed by abrasion of rocks by windblown sand.

describes the complex, internal stratification or bedding in a sand dune.

________dunes are linear sand ridges roughly parallel to the prevailing wind direction in areas of moderate sand supply.

Where do the low- latitude deserts tend to occur?

A single, crescent- shaped__________ dune is noted for slow rates of motion and tips pointing downwind.

Which one of the following is a low-latitude desert characterized by high atmospheric pressures and descending air masses (not rain shadow deserts).

What is the cause of Canada's Arctic deserts like those on Cornwallis and Ellismere Islands?

Which one of the following is the best measure of the wetness or dryness of a region?

Wind transported bed load along the desert floor is called ________ .

What is the term for a small depression formed by deflation of a desert floor?

Which type of dune resembles a transverse dune with scalloped edges pointing downwind?

What is the cause of the Patagonian desert?

Which of the following drylands lies in the rainshadow caused by prevailing Pacific westerlies and the high peaks of the Coast Mountains and North Cascades?

How is desert pavement formed?

An Introduction to Geology and Plate Tectonics

Minerals: the Building Blocks of Rocks

Igneous Rocks

Volcanoes and Volcanic Processes

Weathering and Soil

Sedimentary Rocks

Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks

Geologic Time

Crustal Deformation

The Ocean Floor

Plate Tectonics: the Framework for Modern Geology

Mountain Building and Continental Frameworks

Mass Wasting: the Work of Gravity

Running Water

Groundwater

Glaciers and Glaciation

Deserts and Winds

Shorelines

Mineral and Energy Resources

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