Quiz_ Glaciers, Deserts, Oceans, and Coastlines_ PHSC210_ Elements of Earth Science (D11)
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Quiz: Glaciers, Deserts, Oceans, and Coastlines
Due
Dec 4 at 10:59pm
Points
50
Questions
25
Time Limit
60 Minutes
Instructions
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Score for this quiz: 48
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Submitted Nov 29 at 3:45pm
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The quiz:
Covers the Learn
material from Module 6: Week 6
.
Contains 25 multiple-choice and true/false
questions.
Open book/open notes.
Is limited
to 1 hour
.
Allows
1 attempt
.
Is worth 50 points
.
Submit this assignment by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Monday of Module 6: Week 6.
2 / 2 pts
Question 1
A bajada forms in the desert
in a large ±at area between two mountain ranges Online
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when gravels are deposited by streams at the bottom of a
mountain
when a ramp is eroded in rock near the base of a mountain when several alluvial fans join together when a mesa is eroded to produce a smaller landform 2 / 2 pts
Question 2
What is the wave base for an open-ocean wave with a wavelength
of 80 meters?
0.4 m 4 m 8 m 40 m 80 m 2 / 2 pts
Question 3
A lake formed when a block of glacial ice is left behind in ground
moraine is called a(n)
tarn
drumlin kettle esker cirque 2 / 2 pts
Question 4
A wave with a wavelength of 10 meters breaks (creates surf) at
what depth?
0.1 m 0.5 m 5 m 10 m 20 m 2 / 2 pts
Question 5
Combined, glaciers and deserts cover approximately what
percentage of the earth’s land surface?
10 20 30
40 50 2 / 2 pts
Question 6
All of these features except _____ are typically produced by alpine
glaciation
horns cirques hanging valleys drumlin ²elds moraines 2 / 2 pts
Question 7
Which of the following is a depositional feature of the shoreline?
Marine terrace Spit Wave-cut platform Sea stack Sea arch
2 / 2 pts
Question 8
If you watch a rock embedded in the surface of a retreating valley
glacier, over time the rock will
move down the valley move up the valley it will remain in about the same place with respect to the terminus 2 / 2 pts
Question 9
A sinuous ridge of fairly well-sorted sand and gravel produced in a
glacial setting is called a(n)
terminal moraine lateral moraine cirque kame esker 0 / 2 pts
Question 10
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