Physical Geography- Landforms Test

Which types of rivers are characteristic of glaciated landscapes?

• Meandering

• Braided

• Straight

A hilly depositional feature formed when a glacier melts is

• moraine

• an arête

• a cirque

• a tarn

The breakup of rock into smaller fragments of the same material is called

• Weathering

• Carbonation

• Erosion

Limestone, mudstone and sandstone are all ................................................. rocks.

• Diastrophic

• Sedimentary

• Metamorphic

• Igneous

Which is the dominant process shaping the mountains of the central South Island?

• Volcanism

• Faulting

• Folding

• Earthquakes

A transform fault is associated with the occurrence of

• a visible surface fault and earthquakes

• mid-ocean ridges and volcanoes

• relatively flat terrain on the ocean floor

• deep-sea trenches, volcanoes and mountain ranges

Earthquakes result from movement associated with

• mechanical weathering

• faulting

• carbonation

• glaciation

Which one of the following is NOT a landform created by glaciers?

• V-shaped valley

• Arête

• Cirque

• U-shaped valley

Which of the following is NOT a tectonic process?

• Folding

• Glaciation

• Faulting

• Volcanism

Which of the following is NOT a glacier in New Zealand?

• Tasman

• Fox

• Hubbard

• Franz Josef