Question 1

Where are inactive sand dunes most common in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  Pacific Northwest 
B)  Southeast 
C)  High Plains region 
D)  the windy Midwest 
A)  Pacific Northwest 
B)  Southeast 
C)  High Plains region 
D)  the windy Midwest

Question 2

Which of the following is not a characteristic of Death Valley National Park?

Accepted Answer

A)  a rare variety of desert lifeforms, including animals such a camels, cacti, jack rabbits, etc. 
B)  virtually no vegetation 
C)  widespread fans of stream-transported sand and gravel at the mountain bases 
D)  a gravitational anomaly due to low topography 
A)  a rare variety of desert lifeforms, including animals such a camels, cacti, jack rabbits, etc. 
B)  virtually no vegetation 
C)  widespread fans of stream-transported sand and gravel at the mountain bases 
D)  a gravitational anomaly due to low topography

Question 3

Which of the following is not part of dust?

Accepted Answer

A)  mineral particles 
B)  water molecules 
C)  pollen and spores 
D)  microbes 
A)  mineral particles 
B)  water molecules 
C)  pollen and spores 
D)  microbes

Question 4

Subtropical deserts form close to ________ degrees north or south latitude.

Accepted Answer

A)  0 
B)  15 
C)  30 
D)  45 
E)  60 
A)  0 
B)  15 
C)  30 
D)  45 
E)  60

Question 5

A sediment grain that bounces typically dislodges

Accepted Answer

A)  one other sediment grain. 
B)  two or three more sediment grains. 
C)  ten more sediment grains. 
D)  twenty more sediment grains. 
A)  one other sediment grain. 
B)  two or three more sediment grains. 
C)  ten more sediment grains. 
D)  twenty more sediment grains.

Where are inactive sand dunes most common in the United States?

Which of the following is not a characteristic of Death Valley National Park?

Which of the following is not part of dust?

Subtropical deserts form close to ________ degrees north or south latitude.

A sediment grain that bounces typically dislodges

Why Study Earth

Minerals: Building Blocks of the Planet

Rocks and Rock-Forming Processes

Formation of Magma and Igneous Rocks

Formation of Sediment and Sedimentary Rocks

Formation of Metamorphic Rocks

Earth Materials As Time Keepers

Earth Materials As Time Keepers

Making Earth

Motion Inside Earth

Deformation of Rocks

Global Tectonics: Plates and Plumes

Tectonics and Surface Relief

Soil Formation and Landscape Stability

Mass Movements: Landscapes in Motion

Streams: Flowing Water Shapes the Landscape

Water Flowing Underground

Glaciers: Cold-Climate Sculptors of Continents

Shorelines: Changing Landscapes Where Land Meets Sea

Global Warming: Real Time Change in the Earth System

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Exam 20: Wind: a Global Geologic Process

Where are inactive sand dunes most common in the United States?

Which of the following is not a characteristic of Death Valley National Park?

Which of the following is not part of dust?

Subtropical deserts form close to ________ degrees north or south latitude.

A sediment grain that bounces typically dislodges

Why Study Earth

Minerals: Building Blocks of the Planet

Rocks and Rock-Forming Processes

Formation of Magma and Igneous Rocks

Formation of Sediment and Sedimentary Rocks

Formation of Metamorphic Rocks

Earth Materials As Time Keepers

Earth Materials As Time Keepers

Making Earth

Motion Inside Earth

Deformation of Rocks

Global Tectonics: Plates and Plumes

Tectonics and Surface Relief

Soil Formation and Landscape Stability

Mass Movements: Landscapes in Motion

Streams: Flowing Water Shapes the Landscape

Water Flowing Underground

Glaciers: Cold-Climate Sculptors of Continents

Shorelines: Changing Landscapes Where Land Meets Sea

Global Warming: Real Time Change in the Earth System

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