TuesdayMay 24, 2011

(Review for Semester Final Exam – Day 2)

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Review for Semester Final Exam

Day 2Items 18 - 34

18What type of weathering usually takes place in a

rock after a series of freezing and thawing

events?

frost wedging

19Define the term “mass wasting.”

the process responsible for moving material downslope

without the direct aid of running water, wind, or ice.

20List three factors that can increase the rate of soil

erosion.removing vegetation

steep slopesheavy rainfall

21In areas where unconsolidated

materials are saturated with water, earthquakes can turn stable soil

into a fluid during a phenomenon called ________________________.liquefaction

22List two factors that cause sea levels to rise

and two factors that cause sea levels to drop.Sea level drops when water is stored in

expanding ice sheets and continental glaciers, or when rates of evaporation increase.

Sea level rises when ice sheets and continental glaciers melt, or when rates of precipitation

increase.

23Draw a picture

illustrating the major

steps in the water cycle.

24List three factors that influence

stream velocity.channel size and shape

laminar flow (when a fluid flows in parallel layers, with no disruption

between the layers)gradient

25What is the world’s longest river,

and what is the world’s largest river in terms of discharge?

The Nile is the world’s longest river.

The Amazon is the largest river in terms of discharge.

26At a bend in a river, where

does most of the river bank erosion take place?

on the outside of the bend

27What is an “oxbow lake?”

an abandoned, cutoff, meander loop

28List some characteristics of

downcutting mountain streams and a youthful stage of valley

evolution.rapids and lots of whitewater

29List some characteristics

of wide streams and valleys.

natural levees; broad floodplains

30What is the single most

important erosional agent on Earth?running water

31Explain the process that causes a

geyser to erupt.With a slight reduction in pressure,

water in a saturated, natural conduit suddenly boils, sending a

plume of steam and hot water into the air above the vent.

32 In what type of rock do

caves and caverns normally form?

limestone

33 Identify the locations of

world's two largest ice sheets? Which is the larger?

Antarctica is the largest, with Greenland second

34List five facts common to all glaciers.

originate on landshow evidence of past or present flow

form from the recrystallization of snow

are found in cooler climateshave a high light reflectivity.