Exam 23: Surface Processes

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

At the end and along the sides of a glacier, the sediment deposits may form ridges known as ______________.

A river's suspended and bed loads may accumulate at its mouth and form

Which of the following is not a component of a stream's load?

The natural sequence through which water from the oceans evaporates into the atmosphere and ultimately returns to the oceans is known as the

Frost wedging is a common type of ______________ weathering.

Large, flat areas of sediments on the ocean basins are called

The physical disintegration and chemical decomposition of rock at or near Earth's surface is called ______________.

The unsaturated zone of soil or rock above the water table is called the zone of ______________.

Which of the following is not a main agent of erosion?

Hard water is due primarily to dissolved salts of which elements?

Which of the following statements is not true of glaciers?

The three major types of seawater movement are ______________, currents, and tides.

Chemical weathering is most prevalent in what type of climate?

Which of the following is not a form of downslope movement?

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

Greenland and Antarctica are covered with glacial ice sheets called

By which of the following characterisitcs is a desert defined?

Earth's largest ocean is the ______________ Ocean.

The shallowly submerged areas that border the continental landmasses are called the ______________.