geog 1030 review

an earthquake, a submarine landslide or eruption of undersea volcano is capable of producing a _____.

the two main types of glaciers are

biome occupies more than 1/3 of the earths land area and is characterized by xerophytic vegetation, low precipitation

Natural levees are created during

Expansion and contraction of frost action results in the movement of soil particles, sm/lg stones into distinct shapes

The process that breaks down rock at the earth's surface through mechanical(disintegration) and chemical (decompostion)

when material deposited in a long ridge extending out from a coast grows to completely cutoff the bay from the ocean.

which one is most affected by humans?

desert pavement refers to

slides are

the various processes that result in the loss of a glacier's mass are known collectively as

Which of the following is not a location in which volcanoes typically occur?

The term for the land degradation in arid and semiarid regions characterized by the expansion of deserts is ____.

Which of the following gives the correct sequence of layers in earth, from the surface down to center?

Soils will develop at the fastest rates in which of the following environments?

Oregeny refers to

What is the composition of soil?

Soil creep is individual soil particles being lifted&distrubuted by a/biotic factors like animal digging, dry/wet cycles

Wave action works to straighten a coast as wave energy focuses around headlands and tends to disperse energy in cove/bay

partially compacted snow that is an intermediate between snow and ice is called a _______.

Beaches are_____.

eroded debris dropped at the glacier's farthest extent is called ____ moraine.

milankovitch cycles _____.

Which relationship is correct?

What are the two most common soil orders in the state of alabama?

The three basic rock types

The ______ is liquid and is responsible for producing Earth's magnetic field by _______.

The term used to describe rocks that are pitted, fluted or polished from erosion.

The transport of small sand particles (.07 to .20 mm) along the ground in a bouncing/skipping action is known as ____.

When sediment overflows channel banks during a flood, coarse particles settle out___while finer particles settle out___.

A glaciers mass balance is determined by

A _____ forms when individual alluvial fans coalesce

sediment deposited by glacial ice are _____;material deposited by glacial meltwater are_____.

Depostional coastlines are alos known as

_____ are flat topped landforms with steep slopes resulting from differential weathering

The __ of a glacier is where snowfall and moisture collect and compact to ice and the winter, and ice persists in summer

______ are small mountain lakes formed in cirques

Which about the following statements about earths core is not correct?

Marie Tharp was a woman who didn't get the credit she deserved when she mapped the ocean floor

Which is an example of the principle "uniformitarianism"

The himalays formed as a result of Indian and Eurasian plates colliding. What type of collision is this?

A craton is best described as

Alluvial fans are formed as flowing water_____ as it leaves a constricted channel.

Which of the following may act as a local base level?

Terranes refers to

A vertical section of soil is generally organized into distinct horizontal layers known as

for purposes of discussing eolian processes, the wind acts like a ____.

the basal slip is _ than the internal plastic flo, resulting in the upper part of the glacier flowin _ of the lower part

Label the glacial features

the type of glacier that dominates greenland and antarctica

Describe how an oxbow lake is formed

The statistical rating of flood discharge is based on _______.

Soil creep

____________ occurs when convergent motion forces rocks upward along the fault plane

Where would one likely find the least soil development and accumulation?

A glaciated valley is ______ shaped; a stream cut valley is ______ shaped.

What is the correct order of geologic era's?

The Process whereby streams deepen their channel is known as _____.

transitional slides

mean sea level

The primary control on stream drainage patterns is ______.

In regards to soil formation, which of the following best describes the role of climate?

How does the ocean floor preserve evidence of past magnetic reversals?

The three most abundant elements in earths crust are?

If you measured discharge (Q=A*V) at two points (no significant time change), what would happen to discharge/components?

define absolute age for me boss

Earth's climate_____.

large rounded mound of earth covered ice resulting in the heaving of ground ice within permafrost is known as ____.

The heat from ____ is the energy that drives plate tectonics.

organisms that share the same feeding level, are said to be at the same ______.

rotational slides

Large basin shaped depressions that form when summit materials on a volcanic mountain collapse inward after an eruption

Debris flow

an earth quake is best described as

The incision/entrenchment of a river into its own floodplain can produce

A study of the spatial distrubution of the coast redwood and the environmental factors that control the distr. would be?

The fact that water expands as much as 9% of its volume as it freezes is the basis of _________.

Which of the following is not a biotic component of an ecosystem?

The area of land from which all water in it drains into the same place is known as a(n)

Watershed boundaries are defined by

The greenhouse effect is _____.

Which of the following is an example of an age-relationship based on relative dating?

calcification likely to occur in _____.

Which of the following is not one of the five primary soil-forming factors?

the term "eolian" refers to

The maximum incline at which sediments on a slope can remain at rest before pulled downward by gravity is known as the

What theory did Alfred Wegner propose?

The energy that powers the biosphere, primarily comes from _____