Exam 17: Dry Regions: The Geology of Deserts

What is the largest particle that can be carried as part of the suspended load during wind erosion?

The geometry of sand dunes is NOT strongly influenced by the ________.

Conversion of productive land to desert is known as ________.

Fine-grained sediment,such as dust and silt,is transported by wind in ________.

The image below is of a ________ dune.

The process of lowering the surface of the land by wind erosion is known as ________.

A desert may form along a coastline because a ________.

Physical weathering produces piles of broken rocks called ________.

Which desert is the result of air masses that dry out as they cross over land?

Which of the following images is the result of chemical erosion?

________ forms when dust carrying microbes sticks to the outside of a rock and forms an iron oxide-rich covering.

Desert climate associated with a rain-shadow is found ________.

The desertification of the Sahel region in Africa was the result of ________.

What is a desert? Explain how a desert could be formed at one of the poles.

Label the images below with the name of the type of sand dune shown.

Deserts represent ________ of Earth's surface.

________ deserts occur due to the drying out of air masses over the equatorial rain forests.

According to the textbook,the highest recorded temperature on Earth was in a ________.

In the figure below,the sand grains are being transported by ________.

Which of the following is an example of wind erosion?