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LEARN ALL ABOUT GEOGRAPHY
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What is an example of how landforms can be created by construction activity.
Excavation
None of the above
Tipping
Hydrological interference
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What are some slope controls?
Geological structure
Vegetation
Climate
Aspect
3
What is a type of mass movement?
Slump
Creep
Slide
All of the above
4
Where do falls occur?
On a horizontal plane
On steep slopes
In my house
On flat slopes
5
What is pollution?
Acid rain
Chemicals
Green revolution
Contamination of the earth's atmosphere
6
What has the earth's surface impacted the most?
Human activity
Pollution
Axis
Global warming
7
Tors are a good example of equifinality. This means that different processes can produce...
Swag
Removal of materials
Different end results
The same end result
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Resurgent streams arise when...
Lime stone is underlain by an impermeable rock
Dry valley arise and are filled
Climatic changes decreased
Granite falls from weathering creating a stream
9
Before the continents separated, the original land mass of the Earth was called...
Panacea
Managua
Pancakes
Pangaea
10
Which zone of the earth is made up of liquid iron?
Asthenosphere
Inner core
Outer core
Upper mantle
11
Define slope processes
Development of slopes over time
All of the above
Shape of the slope in cross section
Activities acting on the slopes
12
How can you control a slide?
Covering of wall with steel mesh
Sealing surface cracks to prevent infiltration
Benching the slope
Flattening the slope
13
What factors affect mass movement?
Outgoing radiation
Nature of the material
Climate
Topography
14
How were the Andes formed?
On accident
The colliding of continental plates
The subduction of ocean crusts under continental crust
The subduction of continental crust under ocean crust
15
Which slope contains fragments of the subducting plate?
Outer slope
Inner-mid slope
Inner slope
Mid slope
16
What are landscape-farming processes a product of?
Landscape processes
Ecological processes
Geomorphological processes
Biological processes
17
How does gravity affect mass movement?
Acts to increase the pressure
Acts to lift up materials
Acts to move the material downslope
Acts to stick the particle to the slope
18
___ occurs when iron compounds react with oxygen to produce rust
Hydrolysis
carbonation solution
Calcium bicarbonate
Oxidation
19
What does geological structure refer to?
Faults
Volcanicity
All of the above
Angle of dip
20
Which factors are controls of physical weathering?
Surface features
Climate
Temperature
Geology
21
What is a main type of weathering?
Decomposition
Oxidation
All of them
Disintegration
22
Rainfall that combines with dissolved carbon dioxide to form a weak carbonic acid is a
Calcium bicarbonate
Oxidation
Hydrolysis
Carbonation solution
23
Why are ridges elevated above the ocean floor?
None of the above
Magma builds up under the ridges to fill the gap
Two oceanic plates collide and push against each other
They consist of lava leftover from nearby volcanoes
24
How has human activity impacted nature?
Enhancing the natural environment
Creating more oxygen in the air
The increasing levels of acidity in rainwater
The burning of fossil fuels
25
Which explanation best describes what Peltier's diagram demonstrates?
Differential weathering rates
Weathering type/intensity
Types of weathering and effectiveness in different climates
How weathering is related to moisture and average temp.
26
What does the word slope refer to?
Math
Angle of inclination or slope anlge
Rise over run
Inclined surface or hill slope
27
The place where two plates move apart is called a
Hot spot
Divergent boundary
Transform boundary
Convergent boundary
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How are subduction zones formed?
Two ocean plates move away from each other
Ocean lithospheric plate collides with a plate and is pushed
A hot spot opens up and magma reaches the surface
Continental plate collides with another continental plate
29
What is a trench outer rise caused by?
All of the above
Bending of the plate as it subducts
Breaking of the plate as it subducts
Bending of the plate as it overlaps
30
Plate tectonics is associated with...
Mountain building
Trenches
Subduction zones
Island arcs
31
What is climatic geomorphology?
Relationship between climate and morphology
A subject
Studies how diff processes operate in diff climatic zones
How climates are affected by geography
32
What is a river valley without a river?
Beach
A tors
Dry valley
Drainage basin
33
The part of the earth that is solid but has the ability to flow is the
Inner core
Asthenosphere
Lithosphere
Oceanic crust
34
What type of mass movement is this?
Creep
Slump
Slide
Fall
35
Anomalies in the Mid-Atlantic Ride can be matched where?
Iceland
Peru
Antarctice
New Zealand
36
The lithosphere is made up of the upper mantle and the
Core
Hydrosphere
Asthenosphere
Crust
37
Theory that says that pieces of Earth's crust are in constant motion by movement in the mantle
The theory of plate tectonics
The theory of Pangaea
.The theory of plate boundaries
The theory of continental drift
38
What is the idea that different processes can create the same landforms?
Batholiths
Equifinality
Stalactites
Speleothems
39
Define porosity.
ability of a mass to allow/restrain the passage of fluids
How well water flows through a material
The characteristic of being porous
A measure of how much of a rock is open space
40
Which of the following is a back-arc spreading center?
Spreading plates on the edge of a continent
An arc of islands near a hot spot
An arc of volcanoes that erupt at a certain magnitiude
Spreading ridges behind the volcanic arcs of subduction zone
41
Which of the following best describes the material that makes up the earth's asthenosphere?
A solid that is able to flow
A liquid at high temperature
A gas under great pressure
Rigid solid
42
What are island arc systems?
Pieces of land made from a volcanic eruption
All of the above
They are formed when an oceanic plate subducts under another
They are always located in the middle of an ocean
43
Dissolved acids of sulphate, nitrate and hydrogen ions form...
Acid rain
Dry deposition
Carbon dioxide
Pollution
44
Wegener's idea was based on scientific observations.Which of the following supported his theory
Identical sedimentary rocks of same age in separate places
Matching reptile remain on two different continents
All of the above
Matching fossil plant remains on two different continents
45
How does urbanization affect slope modification?
Speeds up natural occurring processe
Creates new features
Flattens the slope
It does not affect slopes
46
Describe slumps/flows
Continuous, less jerky
Occurs on weaker rocks
Triggered by skiers
Stagnant movement
47
What are orogenic mountain belts associated with?
Continental plate boundaries and formed on land
Convergent boundaries and formed on the ocean
Convergent plate boundaries and formed on land
Continental plate boundaries and formed on the ocean
48
What is this?
Snow
Fall
Avalanche
Slump
49
The key medium for chemical weathering
Water
Heat
Rocks
Vegetation
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The layer that makes up most of the earth's mass and volume is the
Core
Mantle
Magma
Crust
