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(13) T/F. Rates and types of weathering do
not vary substantially from one place to
another on earth's surface?
False
TERM 2
(13, p. 372) Regolith
DEFINITION 2
a layer of partially broken up bedrock overlying the
unaltered parent material
TERM 3
(13, p. 374-76) Which of the following is not a
physical weathering process?
DEFINITION 3
- Solution
TERM 4
(13, p. 371) The _______ is the steepest
portion of a slope.
DEFINITION 4
- Free face
TERM 5
(15) Angle of repose
DEFINITION 5
The equilibrium angle for a slope system is know as this
(13, p. 387-88) Fall
A type of mass movement in which the earth material
moves as a coherent block, rather than being mixed/
jumbled together
TERM 7
(9, p. 225) What percentage of earth's water
is fresh water?
DEFINITION 7
TERM 8
(9, p. 224) Solar Energy
DEFINITION 8
The main energy source that powers the hydrologic cycle
TERM 9
(9, p. 237)Over pumping of groundwater
might result in
DEFINITION 9
Water Table
TERM 10
(9, p. 237) Confined aquifer
DEFINITION 10
An aquifer that is partially overlain (covered) by an
aquiclude, so that it has a relatively small recharge area
(15, p. 434) Eolian processes are most
effective in areas that have ___ ___ _________.
sand size sediments
TERM 17
(15, p. 436) T/F. Ventifacts are rocks that
have one or more flat sides created by
abrasion of wind blown and grains.
DEFINITION 17
True
TERM 18
(15, p. 440) Dune migration is accomplished
by sediment being ________ __ the stoss slope
of the dune and _______ ___ the slip face.
DEFINITION 18
transported up; deposited on
TERM 19
(15, p. 438) The two major factors that
control the type of dune formed in an area
are:
DEFINITION 19
Sediment availability (sediment supply)
Wind direction (wind direction variability)
TERM 20
(16) T/F. From a geologic perspective, most
coasts are relatively old features.
DEFINITION 20
False
(16, p. 466-67) Spring tides occur ____ __ ____.
every 2 weeks
TERM 22
(16) Shoaling transformation occurs when
waves (____ _______ ______) and results in an
increase in wave (________)
DEFINITION 22
enter shallow water; steepness
TERM 23
(16, p. 470) The very long waves generated
by sea floor earthquakes & submarine mass
movements are known as:
DEFINITION 23
Tsunami
TERM 24
(16) Deltas, fjords, and other coastlines with
features that have been shaped primarily by
terrestrial processes, are known as:
DEFINITION 24
Primary coasts
TERM 25
(16, p. 473-74) During stormy periods with
high wave energy levels, beaches tend to be
_______ and have a ______ foreshore profile
than during periods of fair weather.
DEFINITION 25
narrower; flatter
If the budget for a ground water system is
negative -
Ground water mining is happening
the water table
Negative budget means that outputs are GREATER than
inputs
A positive budget would be that inputs are greater than
outputs.
ALL OF THE ABOVE!
TERM 32
What are the ridges of higher elevation that
separate
DEFINITION 32
drainage divide
TERM 33
MS River is part of what drainage
basin
DEFINITION 33
Gulf
TERM 34
What has a parallel drainage
pattern
DEFINITION 34
Drainage Network
TERM 35
The process of water moving into the soil is...
DEFINITION 35
Infiltration
T/F. The capacity of a river is the largest grain
size that a river is able to transport.
False
TERM 37
A stream that is in equilibrium
is...
DEFINITION 37
Graded Stream
TERM 38
It takes (____) velocity to erode clay than
sand.
DEFINITION 38
- More velocity
TERM 39
T/F. The Oxbow Lakes are a meandering river
going across a floodplain.
DEFINITION 39
- False-A: when a meander river becomes unattached and is
left behind
TERM 40
What develop on the inside of a curve shifting
in a meander?
DEFINITION 40
Point Bars
Transport mode not in Aeolian transport
solutionSuspension - windbed load transport - saltation
(bouncing) and creep (rolling)
In FLUVIAL TRANSPORT there is solution, suspension,
saltation, and traction
TERM 47
What is the steepest slope called?
DEFINITION 47
Slip face
TERM 48
Crescent shaped
dunes
DEFINITION 48
upwind - parabolics
Star dunes are the largest - multidirectional
Barchans are dominant, little sediment
Barchans ridges are coalesced barchans
TERM 49
Where can you find alluvial fans?
DEFINITION 49
ephiphermal meet valley
TERM 50
where do you find deserts?
DEFINITION 50
ephermeal flow regime
Beach located between high tide and low tide
is...
foreshore
TERM 52
What are exposed as breaking waves?
DEFINITION 52
Swash zones
TERM 53
What feature of spring tides is most
important?
DEFINITION 53
Largest tidal range!
TERM 54
Tides
are...
DEFINITION 54
gravitational forces
TERM 55
Tide controlled by...
DEFINITION 55
All of the above
Final stage of coral development
atoll
TERM 62
Great waters - parallel
structures
DEFINITION 62
Break waves
TERM 63
coastal erosion
DEFINITION 63
False!
