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WorksheetsGeomorphology Set 3
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 44mins
What is the second name of William morris davis ?
Father of American Geography
Father of Indian Geography
Father of Egyptian Geography
Father of European Geography
Which was the first award that William received?
Penrose Medal
Patron's Gold Medal
Hayden Memorial Geological Award
Vega Medal
For what he is known for ?
Cycle of erosion
invention of light
Peneplains
Dam
What is his most influential scientific contribution?
Geographical cycle
Continental platform
Peneplains
Davisian Geomorphology
What is the name of his 1989 article?
The Valleys of Pennsylvania
The Rivers and Valleys of Pennsylvania
The Rivers of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvanian Rivers and Valleys
What is Peneplain?
High relief plain
Relief plain
Planetary plain
Low relief plain
Which book did he write in 1893 ?
Elementary Physical Geography
Geographical Essays
Harry Potter
Elementary Meteorology
Where did he study ?
Harvard University
University of Delaware
Stanford University
Columbia University
Karst terrains form in areas that are underlain by which type of rock?
limestone
travertine
dolistone
sandstone
In a region with drastic temperature variations, the most common weathering type is:
Hydrolysis
Exfoliation
Oxidation
Frost wedging
Maya wrote the following characteristics of two landforms.
Landform A: Has sinkholes
Landform B: Is a long narrow strip of land
Which statement is most likely correct?
Landform A is a ridge and Landform B is a plateau.
Landform A is a coastline and Landform B is a plateau.
Landform A is a karst landform and Landform B is a lake.
Landform A is a karst landform and Landform B is a ridge.
Earth's surface is constantly changing and new landforms are constantly taking shape due to natural processes. Which landform is most likely caused by deposition?
caves
deltas
lakes
valleys
Most cities in Florida depend on water stored underground in a water-bearing rock layer called
an aquifer
a cavern
a sinkhole
a wetland
What is the name of the armchair shaped hollow created by glacial erosion on a mountain side?
corry
arete
corrie
pyramidal peak
Where 2 corries develop side by side, the glaciers eros the rock leaving a knife-like edge. What is this called?
a pyramidal peak
twin peaks
an arete
a tarn
A corrie has 3 distinct features. What are these?
A steep back wall, gentle sides and ice in the hollow.
A flat base, a snout and a steep back wall.
A snout, gentle sides and a lip.
A steep back wall, an over-deepened hollow and a lip.
U shaped valleys are sometimes known by a different name. What is this name?
V-shaped valleys
galactic troughs
glacial troughs
O-shaped valleys
There are three main glacial processes that help to wear away the landscape around and under a glacier. What are these?
attrition, abrasion and freeze-thaw
plucking, abrasion and freeze thaw.
picking, freeze-thaw and abrasion
freeze-thaw, puckering and abrasion
What are the two main types of erosion that help form and shape a corrie.
plucking & bulldozing
plucking & weathering
plucking & hydraulic action
plucking & abrasion
After an ice-age a corrie often fills with melt water. This is known as....
a lake
a ribbon lake
a tarn
a drumlin
A knife-edged ridge is known as....
a pyramidal peak
a corrie
an erratic
an arete
A pyramidal peak is formed from...?
3 or more corries forming
glacial meltwater
2 corries back-to-back
deposition of plucked material
What is the name for this large glacial boulder that does not match the surrounding sediments?
A drumlin
An erratic
A moraine
A kettle lake
What feature in the illustration is letter h?
ribbon lake
pencil lake
ruler lake
string lake
A ______________ is a rocky hill with a tapering ridge on its lee side.
Drumlin
Erratic
Drumlin
Crag and Tail
What type of glacier covers huge areas of land?
alpine
continental
till
moraine
What is plucking?
When rocks become frozen into the glacier and are 'plucked' out as the glacier moves
When rocks scrape the bottom of the corrie
When cracks in rocks fill with water and freeze when it is colder
A sharp, pyramid shaped peak formed by glacial erosion
Horn
Arete
Cirque
Erratic
When a glacier is experiencing more melting than snow accumulation it is said to be in a period of _____.
glacial drift
ablation
growing
outburst
______ is a smooth rounded hill composed of till deposited by a glacier.
Drumlin
Cirque
Esker
Erratic
Cracks in the glacier can also be referred to as...
Land drops
Crevasses
Gorges
Scoops
Which type of meltwater channel creates eskers?
Englacial
Supraglacial
Subglacial
Marginal
Kame ________ are found along the side of a glacial valley and are the deposits of marginal meltwater streams.
Mounds
Terraces
Ridges
Hills
What is an alternative name for an outwash plain?
sandur
flat
sheet
expanse
Where is the coarsest material in an outwash plain found?
Nearest the glacial snout
Anywhere
Furthest distance from the glacial snout
At the edges
Where is the finest material in an outwash plain found?
Nearest the glacial snout
Anywhere
Furthest distance from the glacial snout
At the edges
The _________ is an area of land that separates water flowing into different drainage basins.
Watershed
Source
Confluence
Tributary
What are the three processes that occur as a river flows from its source to the mouth?
erosion, attrition and abrasion
erosion, transportation and deposition
erosion, transportation and solution
erosion, attrition and corrosion
Lateral erosion results in the....
deepening of a rivers channel
shortening of a rivers channel
widening of a rivers channel
thinning of a rivers channel
Which of the following is NOT an erosional process?
Attrition
Abrasion
Saltation
Hydraulic action
Traction is...
the 'bouncing' of particles too heavy to be suspended
large particles rolled on the river bed
small sediment held in the river
the movement of tractors alongside the channel
Deposition occurs when there is a decrease in the rivers...
velocity
wildlife
erosion
landforms
Attrition occurs when...
the river flows over limestone or chalk
the river comes to an end
stones carried by the river knock against each other
when the load of the river repeatedly hits the bed dislodging particles into the flow of a river
A long profile shows...
a cross-section of a river’s channel and valley at a certain point along the river’s course.
the river from its source (where it starts) to its mouth (where it meets the sea). It shows how the river changes over its course.
Both of the above
None of the above
Erosion occurs on the _________ bend of meanders.
outer
inner
lateral
vertical
Identity the drainage pattern...
Trellis
Dendritic
Radial
Identify the pattern...
Dendritic
Radial
Trellis
What feature is being described here? The inside bank of a meander on a river where sedimentary material is deposited as a result of the slower flow rate
Overhang
River cliff
Slip-off slope
Meander
Swirling motion of pebbles trapped hollows in the riverbed over-deepening them to create pot holes, this is known as..
Discharge
Abrasion
Eddying
None of the above
