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quiz2.docxAnswer each multiple choice and/or fill in the blank question, fully.
1. Karst topography occurs in ______.
a. Dry areas where sandstone in flat beds is at the surface
b. Areas where there are permafrost soils
c. Humid areas where limestone in flat beds is at the surface
d. Igneous rock
2. Alfred Wegener propose the theory of ____________________________ drift.
3. The ______________ lies below the lithosphere.
4. Boundaries where plates move away from each other are called ____.
a. Divergent plate boundaries
b. Convergent boundaries
c. Transform boundaries
d. None of the above
5. Boundaries where plates move towards each other are called ____.
a. Divergent plate boundaries
b. Transform boundaries
c. Convergent boundaries
d. None of the above
6. Boundaries where one plate slides horizontally past another plate are called ____.
a. Divergent plate boundaries
b. Transform boundaries
c. Convergent boundaries
d. None of the above
7. _______________________are fractures in rock along which there has been movement.
8. The lowest lay of the earth’s atmosphere is called the _________________________.
9. “At any given place, the amount of incoming solar radiation, or _______________________, available depends on the intensity and duration of the radiation from the sun.”
10. The rate of temperature change with altitude in the troposphere is call ________________________. (Hint: 3.5 degrees F per 1,000 ft.
11. “The circulatory motion of descending cool air and ascending warm air is known as _________________________________.
12. This type of precipitation occurs when warm air is force to rise due to hills or mountains.
a. Cyclonic precipitation
b. Orographic precipitation
c. Convectional precipitation
d. None of the above
13. “The critical temperature for condensation is called the ____.”
a. Lapse rate
b. Updraft
c. Relative humidity
d. Dew point
14. “The word ____ is often used to describe the northern boundary zone beyond these treed subarctic regions.”
a. Ice cap
b. Steppes
c. Tundra
d. Savanna
15. The Koppen Classification of Mediterranean climate type is ____________________.
16. Diastrophism refers to ___________________________.
17. Gullying is caused by volcanism.
a. True
b. False
18. Three important chemical weathering processes are oxidation, ______, and carbonation.
a. Hydrolysis
b. Freezing
c. Wind
d. Capillary action
e. All of the above
f. None of the above
19. An earthquake measuring 8 (eight) on the Richter scale would cause great damage over several hundred kilometers.
a. True
b. False
