Filters
Question type
Study Flashcards

Barchan dunes are crescent-shaped dunes whose tips point downwind.

A) True
B) False

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

How do dunes build their characteristic asymmetrical profile?

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Most dunes have an asymmetrical profile ...

View Answer

Briefly explain how a pediment is formed.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Pediments are erosional featur...

View Answer

Long, parallel ridges of sand aligned parallel to the wind direction are:


A) longitudinal.
B) transverse.
C) barchan.
D) parabolic.
E) none of the above

F) B) and C)
G) B) and D)

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Stones whose polished, pitted, faceted surfaces have been produced by wind erosion are called ____________________.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Regions that receive more precipitation than arid regions but are moderately dry are ____________________ regions.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Deserts receive less than ____________________ centimeters of rain per year, on average.

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

What are some of the characteristics of playas?

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Playas are dry lake ...

View Answer

Landforms that are made of relatively easily weathered sedimentary rocks capped by nearly horizontal more resistant rocks include


A) mesas.
B) ventifacts.
C) playas.
D) pediments.

E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

What are ventifacts? How are multiple facets formed on ventifacts? Where are they found?

Correct Answer

verifed

verified

Ventifacts are stones with polished, pit...

View Answer

Showing 81 - 90 of 90

Related Exams

Exam 1

Understanding Earth: a Dynamic and Evolving Planet

89 Questions

Exam 2

Plate Tectonics: a Unifying Theory

90 Questions

Exam 3

Minerals: the Building Blocks of Rocks

90 Questions

Exam 4

Igneous Rocks and Intrusive Igneous Activity

90 Questions

Exam 5

Volcanoes and Volcanism

90 Questions

Exam 6

Weathering, Soil, and Sedimentary Rocks

90 Questions

Exam 7

Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks

90 Questions

Exam 8

Earthquakes and Earths Interior

90 Questions

Exam 9

Deformation, Mountain Building, and the Continents

90 Questions

Exam 10

Mass Wasting

90 Questions

Exam 11

Running Water

90 Questions

Exam 12

Groundwater

90 Questions

Exam 13

Glaciers and Glaciation

90 Questions

Exam 15

Shorelines and Shoreline Processes

90 Questions

Exam 16

Geologic Time: Concepts and Principles

90 Questions

Exam 17

Earth History

90 Questions

Exam 18

Life History

90 Questions

Show Answer