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Question 1

landforms created by solution and redeposition of calcium carbonate or subsurface water

Answer 1

karst landforms

Question 2

a type of erosional karst landform

Answer 2

sinkhole, collapse and solution

Question 3

a type of depositional landform; formed on ceiling of cave from evaporated water

Answer 3

stalactites

Question 4

formed on ground of cave

Answer 4

stalagmites

Question 5

land between channels in a stream

Answer 5

interfluve

Question 6

separates one drainage area from another

Answer 6

drainage divide

Question 7

where river runoff drains

Answer 7

drainage basin

Question 8

drainage density formula

Answer 8

total length of all channels/ drainage area

Question 9

spacial arrangement of drainage

Answer 9

drainage patterns

Question 10

positive kinetic energy creates…

Answer 10

more erosion, less deposition

Question 11

negative kinetic energy creates…

Answer 11

less erosion, more deposition

Question 12

chemical removal

Answer 12

corrosion

Question 13

physical removal of bedrock by impact of particles moving along channel and sides of beds

Answer 13

abrasion

Question 14

erosion by impact of force of flowing water

Answer 14

hydraulic action

Question 15

erosion of smaller rocks within water

Answer 15

attrition

Question 16

dissolves particles in water

Answer 16

solution

Question 17

tiny particles suspended in water

Answer 17

suspension

Question 18

too big to be suspended, bounce along bottom of river

Answer 18

saltation

Question 19

dragged along bed; too large to bounce

Answer 19

traction

Question 20

sediments carried by a stream

Answer 20

stream load

Question 21

maximum particles that a stream can transport

Answer 21

stream competence

Question 22

total amount of load a stream can move

Answer 22

stream capacity

Question 23

fluvial deposits

Answer 23

alluvium

Question 24

extensive, low-gradient land areas that are inundated during floods

Answer 24

floodplain

Question 25

dominates in upper course of streams

Answer 25

erosion

Question 26

dominates in lower course of streams

Answer 26

deposition

Question 27

created by an abandoned meandering river channel

Answer 27

oxbow lake

Question 28

glaciers can help understand...

Answer 28

01) present terrain 02) nature of past climates 03) potential impacts of ongoing environmental change

Question 29

glaciers must be on...

Answer 29

land

Question 30

glaciers that exist in high elevations

Answer 30

alpine glaciers

Question 31

glaciers in cold climates

Answer 31

continental glaciers

Question 32

sliding due to melting at the base of a glacier

Answer 32

basal sliding

Question 33

cannot be sorted like alluvium, and deposits in bigger and differing sediments

Answer 33

till

Question 34

interaction between latitude and elevation

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equilibrium line

Question 35

top of an alpine glacier

Answer 35

cirque headwall

Question 36

bottom of an alpine glacier

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terminus

Question 37

linear scratches, gouges, grooves

Answer 37

striations

Question 38

assymetric bedrock formations

Answer 38

Rouches moutonnées

Question 39

direction of sliding of alpine glaciers

Answer 39

downslope

Question 40

direction of sliding of continental glaciers

Answer 40

center-out

Question 41

where are 96% of glaciers located

Answer 41

greenland and antarctica

Question 42

when weight of ice is removed, land elevation rises

Answer 42

isostatic rebound

Question 43

percentage of freshwater is located in glaciers

Answer 43

70%

Question 44

braided streams are associated with what conditions?

Answer 44

steep slopes and abundance of course sediment

Question 45

land surface drained by a stream system is called a

Answer 45

drainage basin

Question 46

what course do oxbow lakes occur in?

Answer 46

lower course

Question 47

ablation includes which three and not the other?

Answer 47

sublimation, melting, and calving. NOT EVAPORATION

Question 48

role of glaciers

Answer 48

climate indication, long term storage of freshwater, record of past climates

Question 49

upper course takes what shape in erosion?

Answer 49

V

Question 50

waterfalls are located in which course

Answer 50

upper

Question 51

floodplain, levees, and oxbow lakes are located at which course?

Answer 51

lower