Geography Ch. 4 Sec. 1-2 Quiz

Which of the following is not a result of flooding?

• land erosion

• drowning of livestock

• leaching of soil

• pollution of drinking water

One result from a lowered water table is _____.

• ground settlement or slumping

• decreased wetlands

• flooding

• soil erosion

The hydrologic cycle is driven by _____.

• headwaters, tributaries, and watersheds

• estuaries, wetlands, and groundwater

• solar energy, winds, and gravity

• condensation, precipitation, and evaporation

Which of the following occurrences is not likely to result in the formation of a lake?

• glaciers

• volcanos

• continental rift

• earthquake

Where would you be most likely to find an alluvial fan?

• near the base of a mountain

• at the mouth of a river

• where a river meets an aquifer

• around a lake

What are the three processes that create landforms?

• tectonic processes, erosion , and weathering

• tectonic processes, erosion , and sediment

• erosion, sediment, and weathering

• sediment, tectonic processes, and weathering

How is glacier ice built?

• It is built when winter snows melt and freeze.

• It is built when it picks up ice as it moves south.

• It is built when it picks up ice as it sags and spreads.

• It is built when winter snows do not melt the following summer.

What agent of erosion only affects locations along a coastline?

• water

• wind

• waves

• solar energy

The deep valley marking a plate collision is called a _____.

• rift

• trench

• fault

• fold

What are folds?

• places where rock masses have broken apart and moved away from each other

• places where rocks have been compressed into bends

• places where sediment has been layered

• places where rocks have been weathered