Exam 12: Shaping Earths Surface: Streams, Coastlines, and Wind

What type of transport mechanism forms ripples and dunes composed of sand grains?

Which of the following would you least expect to find in a desert?

-The area labeled "X" is called the ______________.

What type of drainage would you expect to observe in the Valley and Ridge province of the southern Appalachians?

The rocky cliffs that characterize the Oregon coast are the result of tectonic subsidence.

The steeper, downwind side of a sand dune is called a

Use the schematic topographic profile of the Atlantic Ocean seafloor from New England to the mid-ocean ridge below to answer the following: -The area labeled "Z" is the __________.

In which of the following flow patterns do streamlines run parallel to one another with no mixing between layers?

Most recorded shipwrecks occur within sight of a coastline.

-What type of drainage pattern is depicted in the map?

Which of the following terms describes the speed at which suspended particles become part of a stream bed?

The slope of the upwind side of a sand dune is ___ the angle of repose.

Geologic processes powered by wind are called ___ processes.

-The area labeled "Y" is called the ______________.

The muddy or sandy areas that are exposed during low tide but are flooded at high tide are called

What term is used to indicate a geologic process powered by wind?

Which of the following cities is built on a floodplain?

Where would you expect to find evaporite sediments in a desert environment?

Stream valleys are made up of ___________ deposits.

-In the map of a stream, the arrow is pointing to a(n) ____________.