The main distinction between coastlines along the southern Atlantic
coast of the US and along the Pacific part is (a) the amount of
rainfall (b) mantle hot spots (c) the past action of glaciers (d)
the presence of longshore currents
Which of the following is not a discharge point for ground
water? (a) infiltration (b) springs (c) streams (d) wells
On the Outer Banks of North Carolina, which of the following is not
happening? (a) artificial dunes have been constructed (b) barrier
reefs are dying (c) Cape Hatteras is eroding (d) Cape Lookout is
migrating landward
Which of the following is not a cause of springs? (a) erosion
(b) faults and fractures allow water to move upward through confining
units (c) impenetrable layers impede the downward movement of water (d)
water is heated to the boiling point and erupts onto the land surface
Using ground water faster than it is recharged leads to all of the
following except (a) increased evapotranspiration (b)
lowering of the water table (c) subsidence (d) wells going dry
Artificial recharge of ground water is (a) evaporating sea water to
remove salt (b) infiltrating additional surface water (c) the result
of overpumping (d) a type of irrigation that conserves water
Which of the following is not a common feature in karst
topography? (a) disappearing streams (b) natural bridges (c)
sinkholes (d) thick soils
When a growing spit becomes curved, it is called a (a) baymouth bar (b)
hook (c) sea stack (d) tombolo
Which of the following is not an alpine glacier? (a) cirque
glacier (b) continental glacier (c) ice cap (d) valley glacier
A U-shaped valley is an indication of (a) glaciation (b) rapid
uplift (c) recent tectonic activity (d) wind erosion
Which of the following types of deserts is due to descending dry air
that initially rose at the equator? (a) continental interior desert (b)
polar desert (c) subtropical (d) rainshadow
A triangularly shaped deposit where a stream meets a lake or ocean is
called (a) an alluvial fan (b) a delta (c) a pediment (d) a
ventifact
A triangularly shaped deposit where a stream empties out of the
mountains into the bottom of the valley, often drying up, is called (a)
an alluvial fan (b) a delta (c) a pediment (d) a ventifact
A triangularly shaped deposit formed from erosion of the base of a
mountain is called (a) an alluvial fan (b) a delta (c) a pediment
(d) a ventifact
The Channeled Scablands of Eastern Washington were formed by (a) a
massive flood resulting from a melted ice dam (b) melting of frozen
underground water (c) a tremendous earthquake that rang church bells
in Boston (d) volcanic eruptions
The ephemeral lakes in deserts that are often highly saline are called (a)
arroyos (b) bornhardts (c) inselbergs (d) playas
When the wind blows away the fine-grained topsoil, leaving only the
coarse, the resulting surface is called (a) blowouts (b) desert
pavement (c) ventifacts (d) yardangs
The asymmetry of dunes may indicate (a) the amount of rainfall (b)
how hard the wind blew (c) the prevailing paleowind direction (d)
size of sand grains
Which of the following human activities is not likely to
contribute to desertification? (a) deforestation (b) desalination (c)
overgrazing of livestock (d) poor farming practices
The depth to which a wave affects water motion is (a) wave base (b)
wave height (c) wave length (d) wave trough
The process that causes waves to approach the shore nearly parallel to
it is called (a) a longshore current (b) refraction (c) rip
currents (d) wave induction
A major mover of sediment along shorelines is (a) a longshore current
(b) refraction (c) rip currents (d) wave induction
A relatively narrow section of the coast that is washed regularly by
waves is called (a) a beach (b) a marsh (c) the shoreline (d) a
swamp
A part of the backshore representing storm deposition is called (a) a
berm (b) a hook (c) longshore drift (d) a spit
A structure intended to extend a channel and decrease sediment
deposition is called ( as is my sister) (a) groin (b) hook (c)
jettie (d) spit
Circular reefs, often formed atop of subsiding volcanoes, are called (a)
atolls (b) barrier islands (c) barrier reefs (d) fringing reefs
A heap of angular boulders intended to absorb wave energy is called (a)
a jettie (b) a hook (c) riprap (d) a seawall
A typical source rock for the organic material that is converted to
petroleum is (a) carbonate rock (b) peat (c) sandstone (d) shale
In South Louisiana, accumulations of crude oil are often found (a)
around salt domes (b) in igneous rocks (c) in metamorphic rocks (d)
under gasoline stations
The most abundant fossil fuel is (a) coal (b) natural gas (c) oil
(d) uranium
Depletion of the ozone layer leads to (a) an increase in sunspot
activity (b) a decrease in the length of summer (c) wetter weather (d)
an increase in ultraviolet radiation reaching the surface of the earth
Which of the following fossil fuels contribute sulfur to the acid rain
problem? (a) coal (b) natural gas (c) oil (d) uranium
Which of the following gases is of most concern for its effect on global
warming? (a) carbon dioxide (b) CFC's (c) ozone (d) sulfur
dioxide
Which of the following is not a renewable source of energy? (a)
geothermal energy (b) hydroelectric power (c) nuclear energy (d)
solar energy
The very earliest geologic time, before there were continents or life
and the Earth was very hot, is called (a) the Archean Eon (b) the
Hadean Eon (c) the Paleozoic Era (d) the Proterozoic Eon
The time period in which life first appeared as blue-green algae is (a)
the Archean Eon (b) the Hadean Eon (c) the Paleozoic Era (d) the
Proterozoic Eon
Another term for the Age of Reptiles, in which the dinosaurs thrived, is
(a) the Archean Eon (b) the Hadean Eon (c) the Paleozoic Era (d)
the Proterozoic Eon
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Answer the following True/False questions with A for True and B for
False.
Porosity is a measure of the ease with which ground water flows through
a rock or sediment.
An aquifer with the water table at the top is confined.
Rainwater is naturally neutral- neither acidic nor basic.
Caves commonly form below the water table.
A glacier recedes by flowing back up the mountain it came from.
An ice age is likely to occur when all the continents are joined near
the equator.
Ice ages were common during the Mesozoic (Age of Reptiles).
Mammoth Cave is the world's longest cave system.
The author of The Grapes of Wrath was Woody Guthrie.
Waves are caused mainly by the moon's gravitational pull.
The Gulf of Mexico has two high tides each 24 hours.
The largest artificial beach in the world is along the Outer Banks of
North Carolina.
For plant life to evolve, an oxygen-rich atmosphere had to be formed
first.
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