Question 1

Moisture among sediment grains

Accepted Answer

A) always increases the likelihood of mass wasting. 
B) always decreases the likelihood of mass wasting. 
C) can promote stability if present in small amounts. 
D) can promote stability if the grains are saturated. 
A) always increases the likelihood of mass wasting. 
B) always decreases the likelihood of mass wasting. 
C) can promote stability if present in small amounts. 
D) can promote stability if the grains are saturated.

Question 2

How does water get from the atmosphere into the groundwater system?

Accepted Answer

A) Precipitation falls into rivers and then flows downriver into the groundwater system. 
B) Precipitation falls on the ground and infiltrates the ground surface to the groundwater system. 
C) Water from the ocean is sucked up into the groundwater system because of a pressure difference. 
D) Plants secrete water into the groundwater system in a process called evapotranspiration. 
A) Precipitation falls into rivers and then flows downriver into the groundwater system. 
B) Precipitation falls on the ground and infiltrates the ground surface to the groundwater system. 
C) Water from the ocean is sucked up into the groundwater system because of a pressure difference. 
D) Plants secrete water into the groundwater system in a process called evapotranspiration.

Question 3

Some landslides include a mixture of loose sediment and very weathered rock called

Accepted Answer

A) bedrock. 
B) regolith. 
C) solifluction 
D) substratum. 
A) bedrock. 
B) regolith. 
C) solifluction 
D) substratum.

Question 4

Which energy sources are responsible for the destruction in the image below?

Accepted Answer

A) internal and external 
B) gravitational and internal 
C) gravitational and external 
D) convective and internal 
A) internal and external 
B) gravitational and internal 
C) gravitational and external 
D) convective and internal

Question 5

Which of the following increases the risk of mass movement?

Accepted Answer

A) adding a small amount of moisture to loose, dry sediment 
B) waves breaking before they reach sea cliffs 
C) flooding the sediment with water to the point of saturation 
D) reducing the grade of the slope 
A) adding a small amount of moisture to loose, dry sediment 
B) waves breaking before they reach sea cliffs 
C) flooding the sediment with water to the point of saturation 
D) reducing the grade of the slope

Question 6

What is uplift and what is an outcome of uplift? What type of energy drives uplift?

Accepted Answer

Uplift is the upward movement

Question 7

Which of the following factors decreases the risk of mass movement?

Accepted Answer

A) nearby earthquakes 
B) excavation into the base of a hill 
C) adding weight to the top of a hill 
D) adding vegetation to the side of a hill 
A) nearby earthquakes 
B) excavation into the base of a hill 
C) adding weight to the top of a hill 
D) adding vegetation to the side of a hill

Question 8

You are a geologist trying to determine if the slope on which your client's house sits is stable. You determine that the angle of repose of the hillside is 35 degrees. You could consider the slope stable if it is composed of

Accepted Answer

A) saturated sand. 
B) dry sand. 
C) saturated gravel. 
D) dry gravel. 
A) saturated sand. 
B) dry sand. 
C) saturated gravel. 
D) dry gravel.

Question 9

Examine the photograph below. What type of mass wasting event is beginning to take place here? How can you tell?

Accepted Answer

In this picture a slump is beginning to

Question 10

The difference in elevation in an area is called

Accepted Answer

A) erosion. 
B) deposition. 
C) relief. 
D) landform 
A) erosion. 
B) deposition. 
C) relief. 
D) landform

Question 11

Which of the following types of mass movement is LEAST coherent (most like a fluid)?

Accepted Answer

A) slump 
B) creep 
C) rock slide 
D) mudflow 
A) slump 
B) creep 
C) rock slide 
D) mudflow

Question 12

You can use a landslide hazard map to help buy a piece of property by using it to determine if

Accepted Answer

A) there are large rivers running by the property. 
B) the property is in a high-risk zone for landslides. 
C) the property is near a high-risk flood zone. 
D) the property has been exposed to fires recently. 
A) there are large rivers running by the property. 
B) the property is in a high-risk zone for landslides. 
C) the property is near a high-risk flood zone. 
D) the property has been exposed to fires recently.

Question 13

What is the resistance force and how is it derived? What happens when the resistance force exceeds the downslope force? What happens when the downslope force exceeds the resistance force?

Accepted Answer

The resistance force comes from bonds ho

Question 14

The hydrologic cycle can best be described as the

Accepted Answer

A) movement of water through the ground to form aquifers. 
B) cycle that water passes through when going from solid to liquid to gas. 
C) circular motion caused by density differences created when water boils. 
D) movement of Earth's water through a series of reservoirs. 
A) movement of water through the ground to form aquifers. 
B) cycle that water passes through when going from solid to liquid to gas. 
C) circular motion caused by density differences created when water boils. 
D) movement of Earth's water through a series of reservoirs.

Question 15

Which of the following landforms would be the result of subsidence?

Accepted Answer

A) mountain range 
B) wave-cut terrace 
C) butte 
D) basin 
A) mountain range 
B) wave-cut terrace 
C) butte 
D) basin

Question 16

The image below shows a cut bank along a river that was formed by a

Accepted Answer

A) lahar. 
B) rock fall. 
C) slump. 
D) debris slide. 
A) lahar. 
B) rock fall. 
C) slump. 
D) debris slide.

Question 17

The principal difference between a debris flow and a mudflow is

Accepted Answer

A) the shape of the path taken by the moving mass. 
B) the grain size of the moving mass. 
C) that a debris flow contains abundant water, whereas a mudflow is dry. 
D) that a debris flow contains pyroclastic debris from a volcanic eruption. 
A) the shape of the path taken by the moving mass. 
B) the grain size of the moving mass. 
C) that a debris flow contains abundant water, whereas a mudflow is dry. 
D) that a debris flow contains pyroclastic debris from a volcanic eruption.

Question 18

Weathering is a failure trigger because it ____________ of the material.

Accepted Answer

A) decreases the cohesion 
B) increases the friction 
C) decreases the weight 
D) takes vegetation off 
A) decreases the cohesion 
B) increases the friction 
C) decreases the weight 
D) takes vegetation off

Question 19

Geologists distinguish among different types of mass wasting based on factors such as the ____________ of the moving material and the rate of movement.

Accepted Answer

A) weight 
B) color 
C) composition 
D) name 
A) weight 
B) color 
C) composition 
D) name

Question 20

Which of the following types of mass movement often travels as a coherent mass down a curved surface?

Accepted Answer

A) slump 
B) creep 
C) rock slide 
D) mudflow 
A) slump 
B) creep 
C) rock slide 
D) mudflow

Exam 12: Shaping the Earths Surface: Landscapes, the Hydrologic Cycle, and Mass Wasting

Moisture among sediment grains

How does water get from the atmosphere into the groundwater system?

Some landslides include a mixture of loose sediment and very weathered rock called

Which energy sources are responsible for the destruction in the image below?

Which of the following increases the risk of mass movement?

What is uplift and what is an outcome of uplift? What type of energy drives uplift?

Which of the following factors decreases the risk of mass movement?

You are a geologist trying to determine if the slope on which your client's house sits is stable. You determine that the angle of repose of the hillside is 35 degrees. You could consider the slope stable if it is composed of

Examine the photograph below. What type of mass wasting event is beginning to take place here? How can you tell?

The difference in elevation in an area is called

Which of the following types of mass movement is LEAST coherent (most like a fluid)?

You can use a landslide hazard map to help buy a piece of property by using it to determine if

What is the resistance force and how is it derived? What happens when the resistance force exceeds the downslope force? What happens when the downslope force exceeds the resistance force?

The hydrologic cycle can best be described as the

Which of the following landforms would be the result of subsidence?

The image below shows a cut bank along a river that was formed by a

The principal difference between a debris flow and a mudflow is

Weathering is a failure trigger because it ____________ of the material.

Geologists distinguish among different types of mass wasting based on factors such as the ____________ of the moving material and the rate of movement.

Which of the following types of mass movement often travels as a coherent mass down a curved surface?

The Earth in Context

The Way the Earth Works: Plate Tectonics

Patterns in Nature: Minerals

Up From the Inferno: Magma and Igneous Rocks

A Surface Veneer: Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks

A Process of Change: Metamorphism and the Rock Cycle

Crags, Cracks, and Crumples: Crustal Deformation and Mountain Building

A Violent Pulse: Earthquakes

Deep Time: How Old Is Old

A Biography of Earth

Riches in Rock: Energy and Mineral Resources

Freshwater: Streams, Lakes, and Groundwater

Extreme Realms: Desert and Glacial Landscapes

Ocean Waters: the Blue of the Blue Marble

Marine Geology: the Study of Ocean Basins and Coasts

The Air We Breathe: Introducing Earths Atmosphere

Winds of the World: the Earths Major Weather Systems

Thunderstorms, Tornadoes, and Local Weather Systems

Climate and Climate Change

Our Solar System and Beyond

Our Neighborhood in Space

The Sun, Stars, and Deep Space

Prelude: Welcome to Earth Science

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