Extras

Question 1

Xenolith

Answer 1

occasional pieces from below reach surface

Question 2

Yardangs

Answer 2

elongate ridges formed in part due to aeolian abrasion or bedrock. Range in size from a few m’s to 100’s of m’s. Parallel to wind direction, blunt upwind and tailored downwind. Most common in easily-erodible rocks

Question 3

Playa

Answer 3

desert lakes that have no outlet streams. Internal drainage collects water from flash floods. Dissolved solids crystallize out as water evaporates

Question 4

Stalcite

Answer 4

type of speleothem that forms on ceiling of cave

Question 5

Stalagmite

Answer 5

type of speleothem that forms on floor of a cave

Question 6

Karst

Answer 6

type of landscape formed from the dissolution of solvable rocks like limestone, gypsum etc

Question 7

Coriolis

Answer 7

the earth is rotating, this makes things traveling long distances around earth appear to move at a curve as opposed to a straight line