Earth's Surface Chapter Review

GIS enables users to combine layers to customize information. If a hiker was planning to go into the wilderness to study rock types, which layers would be most helpful to the hiker?

• topographic map and geologic map

• political map and aerial image

• geologic map and satellite image

• geologic map and aerial image

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The term ______________ describes the size and shape of the land features on Earth's surface.

Which of the following best describes how erosion by groundwater might create a landform?

• Slightly acidic water dissolves certain rocks underground to form a cavern.

• A stream flowing through a plain gradually wears away the rock and soil to form a valley.

• Waves crashing against a rocky shoreline cause parts of the cliff to break away and produce a sea cave.

• River water slows down as it approaches the ocean and deposits sediment that builds up to form a delta.

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Landslides, rockfalls, and creep are examples of erosion and deposition by which agent of erosion?

• gravity

• wing

• ice

• water

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What does GPS stand for?

• Geographic Information System

• Geographic Positioning System

• Global Positioning System

• Global Preparation System

Which statement correctly describes groundwater?

• any form of liquid water

• water that is not moving

• water on Earth's surface

• water below Earth's surface

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A river starts a steep channel in the mountains. It then leaves the mountains and enters a flatter area of land. It meanders across a plain and then enters the ocean. At which point would the river described form a delta?

• When the river enters the ocean

• when the river is in the mountains

• when the river leaves the mountains

• when the river meanders across the plain

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What is the process by which a floodplain forms?

• a stream cuts a new channel during a flood

• a river overflows its banks and deposits sediments

• as it enters the ocean, a river slows down and drops its sediments

• a stream leaves a steep mountain valley, enters a flatter plain,

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Landslides, rockfalls and mudslides are all responsible for erosion and deposition. What condition is most likely to trigger a mudslide?

• ice

• rain

• wind

• temperature

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If the scale on the map reads 1:100,000, what does this mean?

• 1 cm on the map = 10,000 cm on Earth's surface

• 1 cm on the map = 100,000 km on Earth's surface

• 1 cm on Earth's surface = 100,000 cm on the map

• 1 cm on the map = 100,000 cm on Earth's surface