phys 210 QUIZ_5_ practice materials 21.pdf

Question 1

2 out of 2 points

All of these mass movement processes occurred during the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens

except

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talus creep

Question 2

0 out of 2 points

Which soil horizon contains a mixture of organic material and minerals?

Selected Answer:

“O”

Question 3

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

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differential weathering

Question 4

2 out of 2 points

This type of thermal feature at Yellowstone National Park is often very colorful due to different

kinds of bacteria that live in it

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hot spring

Question 5

2 out of 2 points

All of the following except contributed to the Thistle, Utah slide in the spring of 1983.

Selected Answer:

human activity

Question 6

2 out of 2 points

A new theory for cave formation proposes this type of acid has formed many caves:

Selected Answer:

sulfuric

Question 7

2 out of 2 points

Where would you expect the greatest need for crop irrigation?

Selected Answer:

San Joaquin Valley, California

Question 8

2 out of 2 points

Which type of mass movement was responsible for the nautiloids buried in the Redwall

Limestone?

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density current

Question 9

0 out of 2 points

Choose the untrue statement about the 1983 Thistle landslide in Utah.

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it flooded a town

Question 10

2 out of 2 points

A stream that flows in a desert and gets smaller and smaller as its water is absorbed by sand

and gravel is called a(n) stream.

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disappearing

Question 11

0 out of 2 points

When a well is heavily pumped

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the water table forms a capillary fringe

Question 12

2 out of 2 points

A major method by which material gets delivered to the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon is

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debris flow

Question 13

2 out of 2 points

The exposed soil and rock cliff face that results from some types of mass movements is called a

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scarp

Question 14

2 out of 2 points

What was unique about the 1929 Grand Banks earthquake that created a mass movement?

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It was a submarine landslide.

Question 15

2 out of 2 points

All of the following contributed to the Madison River Canyon slide in 1959 EXCEPT:

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desert climate

Question 16

0 out of 2 points

This type of thermal feature is formed as hot water encounters volcanic ash as it rises to the

surface

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fumarole

Question 17

0 out of 2 points

Water that is drawn up just above the water table is called

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the unsaturated zone

Question 18

0 out of 2 points

A rapid flow composed of 40% boulders, 30% gravel, 10% sand and 10% water coming down a

slot canyon would be a

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earth flow

Question 19

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.

Selected Answer:

False

Question 20

2 out of 2 points

After glacial ice, streams, rivers and lakes are the second most abundant supply of fresh water

in the world.

Selected Answer:

False

Question 21

2 out of 2 points

Water is often one of the key factors that initiates a mass movement.

Selected Answer:

True

Question 22

2 out of 2 points

The river that left the Garden of Eden in Genesis 2 split into four separate rivers.

Selected Answer:

True

Question 23

0 out of 2 points

Carbonic acid can form from water and carbon dioxide.

Selected Answer:

False

Question 24

2 out of 2 points

A meandering stream is composed of many crisscrossing channels.

Selected Answer:

False

Question 25

0 out of 2 points

Limestones are dissolved in the presence of carbonic acid.

Selected Answer:

False

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