Midterm Review - 2020

A mountaineer is planning an expedition. He wants to follow the easiest possible path, which means he needs to find the most gentle slope up the mountain. Which route should the mountaineer choose?

• Route A
• Route B
•  Route C
• Route D

The distance in degrees north or south of the equator

• longitude
• prime meridian
• latitude

The measure of the volume of water that flows over a particular location within a given period of time is called

• Run off
• Erosion
• Deposition
• Discharge

What is the term for the land formed as a river enters a large body of water and it decreases in velocity?

• Deposition
• Watershed
• Discharge
• Delta

Which weathering process is most common in a hot, dry environment?

• carbonation 
• root wedging
• oxidation
• abrasion 

Rocks sometimes show evidence of ancient glaciers.  Which is the best sign that glaciers once covered an area?

• Rocks are angular & have many scratches
• Rocks are rounded & contain fossils
• Rocks are angular & covered by moss
• Rocks are rounded & deep underground

These depressions form from a large piece of ice that broke off of a glacier, became buried in sediment and then melted. 

• Moraines
• Aretes
• Kettles
• Fjords

The sediment deposited by the valley glacier at position X is best described as

• sorted and layered
• sorted and not layered
• unsorted and layered
• unsorted and not layered

The sediment deposited in each bed is best described as

• sorted mainly according to particle shape
• a mixture of sorted and unsorted particles
• sorted mainly according to particle size
• showing no evidence of sorting

This elongated hill, called a drumlin, is most likely composed of

• cemented sediments
• unsorted sediments
• horizontally layered sediments
• vertically layered sediments