Earth Materials, Processes and Environments

GEOL-1121    Fall 2015

Answers for Practice Test #4

1. c                                          10. b                                       19. d

2. d                                          11. a                                       20. d

3. b                                          12. b                                       21. c

4. b 13. c                                       22. c

5. a 14. b                                       23. c

6. d                                          15. c                                      24. a

7. a 16. b                                       25. a

8. d                                          17. b

9. c 18. c

26) 26-27) warming; It can cause droughts and floods.

28) sheet flow

29-30) gravity; solar heating

31) gauging station

32-33) lake and swamp

34-35) meandering; dendritic

36) 60 m3/sec

37-38) By the downstream migration and erosion of meander loops.

39) bed load

40) organic-rich mud

41-42) .625%; 33%

43-44) slope of the water table; permeability

45) arid

46) Artesian

47) cone of depression

48-49) Waste water is released into soil where micro-organisms remove harmful bacteria.

50) springs

Extra Credit: Weathering of certain types of bedrock.