Exam 23: Surface Processes

The object above a valley floor that consists of glacial ice is called

An isolated, submarine, volcanic peak on the ocean floor is called, in general, a(n) ______________.

Which of the following are not a common depositional feature of shoreline topography?

Water must be pumped out of water-table wells but not out of ______________ wells.

Glaciers are being considered as a source of

A large ice mass that flows on a land surface under the influence of gravity is called a(n) ______________.

A common feature of coastal erosion is a

The percentage volume of unoccupied space in a material is called its

Water that soaks into the soil and collects in the subsurface is called ______________.

A river's suspended load and bed load may accumulate at its mouth and form a(n)

A loop-like bend in a river channel is called

The upper boundary of the region in which the soil is saturated with water is known as the

A loop-like bend in a river channel is called a

The three major types of seawater movement are waves, currents, and ______________.

The three major types of seawater movement are waves, ______________, and tides.

A loop-like bend in a river channel is called a(n) ______________.

An important agent in chemical weathering is

How many tidal bulges "move" around Earth daily?

The measure of a material's capacity to transmit fluids is called the material's ______________.

The wearing away of soil and rock and the subsequent downslope movement of the fragments are called