Exam 23: Surface Processes

The continuous circulation of Earth's water is known as the

The principal landform resulting from a stream's erosive power is its ______________-shaped valley.

A large body of permeable rock or soil through which groundwater moves is called a(n)______________.

A depression on the land surface caused by the collapse of a cavern is called

Which of the following phenomena results from limestone being dissolved by rainwater?

Which of the following are not a common depositional feature of shoreline topography?

The driest of Earth's regions are known as

About what percent of Earth's water is fresh water?

A stream's load is divided into three components: ______________ load,suspended load,and bed load.

A stream's load is divided into three components: dissolved load,______________ load,and bed load.

Small glaciers that form along mountains in hollow depressions that are protected from the Sun are called

The true edges of the continental landmasses are called the ______________.

Water must be pumped out of water-table wells but not out of ______________ wells.

The slow,particle-by-particle movement of weathered debris down a slope is called

A river's suspended load and bed load may accumulate at its mouth and form a(n)

Frost wedging is a common type of ______________ weathering.

Which of the following is a common type of mechanical weathering?

Glaciers are being considered as a source of

Seamounts with flat tops are known as ______________.

If a water sample contains 2 ppm of dissolved salt,it contains 2 g of salt in every ______________ g of water.