Exam 14: The Work of Wind and Deserts

Alluvial fans are composed of sediment that is ____________________-sorted and ____________________ stratified.

Why are flash floods and sheet flows common in deserts? What do these events have to do with erosion in the desert?

Explain the ways in which alluvial fans and deltas are similar.

Stones whose polished,pitted,faceted surfaces have been produced by wind erosion are called ____________________.

What are some of the ways in which desert plants have adapted to the conditions in which they live?

A saline,temporary lake in a desert is known as a(n)____________________ lake.

The same geological agents work in all deserts,so landforms of various deserts are similar.

The size of particles that are usually the first to be set in motion by wind is(are):

Besides deserts,where is the wind a significant geologic agent?

Barchan dunes are crescent-shaped dunes whose tips point downwind.