· Question 1
2 out of 2 points
Cut banks, oxbow lakes and point bars would most likely be found in a _____ stream system.
· Question 3
Stre
... [Show More] am deposits are always the result of
· Question 4
2 out of 2 points
Vertical sandstone and shale beds are exposed along the ocean. The shales weather faster than the sandstones. This would be an example of
· Question 5
A new theory for cave formation proposes this type of acid has formed many caves:
· Question 6
2 out of 2 points
Choose the untrue statement about the 1983 Thistle landslide in Utah.
· Question 7
2 out of 2 points
Calcite (or limestone) exposed at the earth’s surface is commonly weathered by
· Question 9
2 out of 2 points
Which type of mass movement does not typically have a scarp?
· Question 10
Bretz proposed all of the following as evidence for a massive flood forming the Channeled Scabland except
· Question 12
When a well is heavily pumped
· Question 13
2 out of 2 points
All of the following except _____ contributed to the landslide in Oso, Washington in 2014.
· Question 14
2 out of 2 points
Deposits made along the sides of a stream channel during periods of flooding are called
· Question 15
Large alcoves are often produced on cliff faces by
· Question 16
2 out of 2 points
These types of streams have a relatively small river in a big canyon or valley.
· Question 17
2 out of 2 points
This type of cave formation often has a very strange shape
· Question 18
Springs usually do not form
· Question 19
2 out of 2 points
Weathering is an important process in the formation of soils.
· Question 20
2 out of 2 points
Most of the earth’s fresh water is tied up in glacial ice.
· Question 21
2 out of 2 points
Ecclesiastes 1:7 is a crude description of the water cycle.
· Question 22
2 out of 2 points
Spheroidal weathering is a special type of weathering that causes rocks in a stream bed to become rounded as they tumble in the current.
· Question 23
2 out of 2 points
A good place to look for a spring might be in a fault zone.
· Question 24
2 out of 2 points
The work of streams includes weathering, transportation and deposition of sediment.
· Question 25
2 out of 2 points
Quartz easily dissolves in the presence of carbonic acid. [Show Less]