Finalquiz Logo

Q&A Hero

  • Home
  • Plans
  • Login
  • Register
Finalquiz Logo
  • Home
  • Plans
  • Login
  • Register

Home » Earth Science » Page 11

Earth Science

Q: Describe the common stream channel patterns.

Q: Describe the various ways in which streams can transport material.

Q: Give the equation for stream discharge. What happens to stream velocity if discharge and depth remain the same, but width increases?

Q: Describe five common drainage patterns and the conditions that typically form them.

Q: Define the following terms: drainage basis, drainage divide, interfluve, and valley.

Q: Deforestation in the headwater regions of a river can cause the river to flood more frequently in downstream areas.

Q: The construction of levees can actually increase the risk of a catastrophic flood.

Q: A 10-year flood has an annual exceedance probability of 10%.

Q: A flood recurrence interval of 100 years means that floods of that size will occur only once every 100 years.

Q: Flood control often produces conditions of worse flooding in subsequent high-water events.

Q: The mouth of a river is where the river reaches a base level.

Q: Alluvial fans are produced when flowing water loses velocity as it leaves a constricted canyon and thereby deposits a large amount of sediment.

Q: Terraces form when a river's energy increases.

Q: An alluvial terrace is evidence of aggradation.

Q: Yazoo streams are blocked from joining the main river in a flood plain due to the presence of natural levees.

Q: A floodplain is composed of alluvium.

Q: Floodplain formation occurs while a stream is downcutting rapidly.

Q: Nickpoints migrate downstream.

Q: A graded stream is one that has achieved a dynamic equilibrium between degradation and aggradation.

Q: An oxbow lake is a former meander that has become isolated from the rest of the river.

Q: In a straight channel, the greatest flow velocities are found along the bottom in the middle of the stream.

Q: Erosion of the walls of a channel normally occurs on the outside curve of a meander.

Q: The higher the sinuosity, the straighter the stream channel.

Q: A braided stream is indicative of excess sedimentation.

Q: Erosion is a degrading process whereas deposition is an aggradating process.

Q: Physical weathering is the main process that contributes to the dissolved load of streams.

Q: The suspended load of a stream is the coarser materials that are dragged along the stream bed.

Q: Stream velocity is often measured for different subsections of a stream cross section using a moveable current meter.

Q: Peak flows refers to the highest discharge that occurs during a precipitation event.

Q: List and describe the various classes of mass movement.

Q: Discuss the formation and characteristics of karst and examine the various types of karst topography and associated landforms.

Q: As weathering mechanisms, how does hydration differ from hydrolysis?

Q: In what ways can water be involved in physical and chemical weathering processes?

Q: Briefly describe chemical weathering, providing examples of several physical weathering processes.

Q: Briefly describe physical weathering, providing examples of several physical weathering processes.

Q: Describe the factors influencing the weathering process.

Q: Describe the processes of denudation.

Q: Describe the forces acting on a slope, and also the various physical aspects of a slope, such as waxing slope and debris slope.

Q: Discuss the dynamic equilibrium model and the concept of geomorphic threshold.

Q: Scarification is an example of anthropogenic mass movement.

Q: Fence posts and utility poles leaning downslope is indicative of slump.

Q: Freeze/thaw cycles contribute to soil creep.

Q: A talus slope is indicative of soil creep.

Q: The movement of unsaturated regolith and bedrock downslope is called earthflow.

Q: A landslide requires a substantial amounts of water to saturate the mass of materials.

Q: The angle of repose typically ranges from 15 to 30 from horizontal.

Q: The angle of repose represents a balance between gravity and friction and shear.

Q: The driving force of mass movement is gravity.

Q: Stalactites and stalagmites are examples of dripstones.

Q: Solution sinkholes develop rapidly, typically over periods of hours or a few days.

Q: Vegetation is necessary for the development of karst topography.

Q: In order for a limestone landscape to develop into karst topography, the limestone formation must contain at least 30% if calcium carbonate.

Q: Major karst regions occur on every continent on Earth.

Q: Karst topography involves the chemical weathering of granite landscapes.

Q: Karst topography is an example of chemical weathering occurring over entire landscapes.

Q: Physical and chemical weathering processes are not separatethey often operate in concert to decompose and dissolve rock.

Q: Hydration does not result in the formation of new chemical compounds, whereas hydrolis produces a different mineral through a chemical reaction.

Q: Physical weathering dominates in warm, wet climates.

Q: Exfoliation is an example of a chemical weathering process.

Q: Chemical weathering always occurs in the presence of water.

Q: Salt crystal growth is most prevalent in humid regions.

Q: Frost wedging is the result of repeated freeze/thaw cycles.

Q: Physical weathering changes the chemical composition of the rock.

Q: Weathering is not influenced by vegetation.

Q: Weathering refers specifically to the physical (mechanical) processes that break down rocks and doesn't include the chemical processes that breakdown rocks.

Q: Debris slopes tend to be steeper in arid climates than in humid climates.

Q: By definition, a landscape in a state of dynamic equilibrium experiences no change.

Q: Landscapes return to equilibrium quickly after dramatic events, such as a major landslide.

Q: When a landform system reaches a geomorphic threshold, it returns to the old system state.

Q: Landscapes in a dynamic equilibrium show ongoing adaptations to ongoing changes occurring in a landscape.

Q: The dynamic equilibrium model considers the balance between endogenic and exogenic processes.

Q: The photograph shows an example of which mass movement process?A) debris flowsB) scarificationC) landslideD) both scarification and landslideE) both debris flow and landslide

Q: Human-induced mass movements produce a category of processes known as A) debris flows. B) denudation. C) scarification. D) translational slides.

Q: Which of the following human activities can contribute to mass movement? A) a roadcut B) surface mining C) residential and commercial development D) any human disturbance of a slope, including roadcuts, surface mining, and development.

Q: In polar and alpine regions, thawing and saturation of the upper layer of soil, resulting in a slow downslope movement called A) transitional slide. B) mudflow. C) solifluction. D) lahar.

Q: The sudden rapid movement of an unsaturated cohesive mass of regolith or bedrock is a A) rockfall. B) mudflow. C) debris avalanche. D) landslide.

Q: A mass of falling and tumbling rock, debris, and soil traveling at a high velocity owing to the presence of ice or water is a A) rockfall. B) mudflow. C) debris avalanche. D) landslide.

Q: The photograph is an example of a A) talus slope. B) debris avalanche. C) mudflow. D) landslide.

Q: The presence of talus slopes indicates that ________ occur. A) planar slides B) mudflow C) creep D) rockfall E) slump

Q: In the spring of 1925 in Jackson Hole, WY, about 37 million m3of moisture-laden soil and rock moved down one side of the canyon and surge up the other side. This is an example of a(n) A) rotational slide. B) earthflow. C) slump. D) rockfall.

1 2 3 … 107 Next »

Subjects

Accounting Anthropology Archaeology Art History Banking Biology & Life Science Business Business Communication Business Development Business Ethics Business Law Chemistry Communication Computer Science Counseling Criminal Law Curriculum & Instruction Design Earth Science Economic Education Engineering Finance History & Theory Humanities Human Resource International Business Investments & Securities Journalism Law Management Marketing Medicine Medicine & Health Science Nursing Philosophy Physic Psychology Real Estate Science Social Science Sociology Special Education Speech Visual Arts
Links
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy
  • Term of Service
  • Copyright Inquiry
  • Sitemap
Business
  • Finance
  • Accounting
  • Marketing
  • Human Resource
  • Marketing
Education
  • Mathematic
  • Engineering
  • Nursing
  • Nursing
  • Tax Law
Social Science
  • Criminal Law
  • Philosophy
  • Psychology
  • Humanities
  • Speech

Copyright 2025 FinalQuiz.com. All Rights Reserved