Question 1

Which one of the following is a low-latitude desert characterized by high atmospheric pressures and descending air masses (not rain shadow deserts).

Accepted Answer

A) Sahara Desert; northern Africa 
B) Atacama Desert in Chile, South America 
C) Gobi Desert, China and Mongolia 
D) desert valleys of the Great Basin, U.S. 
A) Sahara Desert; northern Africa 
B) Atacama Desert in Chile, South America 
C) Gobi Desert, China and Mongolia 
D) desert valleys of the Great Basin, U.S.

Question 2

Which of the following statements about wind transport is true?

Accepted Answer

A) Wind can transport boulders by saltation. 
B) Wind cannot carry clay particles because they are too small. 
C) Dust from the Sahara Desert can be carried across the Atlantic Ocean. 
D) Saltation knocks down cacti up to 5 metres high. 
A) Wind can transport boulders by saltation. 
B) Wind cannot carry clay particles because they are too small. 
C) Dust from the Sahara Desert can be carried across the Atlantic Ocean. 
D) Saltation knocks down cacti up to 5 metres high.

Question 3

What is the source of loess in the Chinese loess plateau?

Accepted Answer

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Question 4

Wind turbines 10 metres above the ground surface are subjected to relatively little abrasion by blowing sand.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Suspended load in wind includes boulders.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

A single, crescent-shaped ________ dune is noted for slow rates of motion and tips pointing downwind.

Accepted Answer

A) barchan 
B) transverse 
C) longitudinal 
D) parabolic 
A) barchan 
B) transverse 
C) longitudinal 
D) parabolic

Question 7

Examine the words and/or phrases for each question below and determine the relationship among the majority of words/phrases.
-Choose the option that does not fit the pattern.

Accepted Answer

A) barchan dune 
B) star dune 
C) transverse dune 
D) parabolic dune 
A) barchan dune 
B) star dune 
C) transverse dune 
D) parabolic dune

Question 8

A ________ is closed depression in an arid region caused by ________.

Accepted Answer

A) kettle hole, boiling desert springs 
B) sinkhole, wind abrasion 
C) U-shaped valley, drying chinook winds 
D) blowout, deflation 
A) kettle hole, boiling desert springs 
B) sinkhole, wind abrasion 
C) U-shaped valley, drying chinook winds 
D) blowout, deflation

Question 9

Which of the following best describes the climatic factors that cause low latitude deserts like the Sahara in Africa?

Accepted Answer

A) Cool, dry air aloft is descending; surface winds are blowing toward the equator. 
B) Warm, humid air aloft is descending; surface winds blow away from the equator. 
C) Warm, humid air is rising; surface winds are calm. 
D) Cool, dry air at the surface is rising causing winds to blow away from the equator. 
A) Cool, dry air aloft is descending; surface winds are blowing toward the equator. 
B) Warm, humid air aloft is descending; surface winds blow away from the equator. 
C) Warm, humid air is rising; surface winds are calm. 
D) Cool, dry air at the surface is rising causing winds to blow away from the equator.

Question 10

Rainshadow deserts are common in the lee of major mountain ranges such as in ________.

Accepted Answer

A) vast, dry, steppe lands like the Great Plains and central America 
B) north central Africa 
C) the dry valleys of the Okanagan and farther south in eastern California and Nevada 
D) Europe north of the Alps 
A) vast, dry, steppe lands like the Great Plains and central America 
B) north central Africa 
C) the dry valleys of the Okanagan and farther south in eastern California and Nevada 
D) Europe north of the Alps

Question 11

Transverse dunes are oriented at right angles to a shoreline.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

What is the cause of Canada's Arctic deserts like those on Cornwallis and Ellismere Islands?

Accepted Answer

A) permanent high pressure and dry north polar easterlies 
B) a rainshadow from the Mackenzie Mountains in the Northwest Territories 
C) overgrazing by musk oxen and melting of the Arctic ice cap 
D) subtropical high from the descending limb of the Tropic of Cancer's Hadley cell 
A) permanent high pressure and dry north polar easterlies 
B) a rainshadow from the Mackenzie Mountains in the Northwest Territories 
C) overgrazing by musk oxen and melting of the Arctic ice cap 
D) subtropical high from the descending limb of the Tropic of Cancer's Hadley cell

Question 13

At what latitudes are most rain shadow deserts located?

Accepted Answer

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Question 14

What type of transport load does a stream carry that wind does not?

Accepted Answer

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Question 15

Which of the following drylands lies in the rainshadow caused by prevailing Pacific westerlies and the high peaks of the Coast Mountains and North Cascades?

Accepted Answer

A) Okanagan Valley 
B) Atacama 
C) Patagonian 
D) Sonoran 
A) Okanagan Valley 
B) Atacama 
C) Patagonian 
D) Sonoran

Question 16

Examine the words and/or phrases for each question below and determine the relationship among the majority of words/phrases.
-Choose the option that does not fit the pattern.

Accepted Answer

A) pitted stone 
B) yardang 
C) ventifact 
D) steppe stone 
A) pitted stone 
B) yardang 
C) ventifact 
D) steppe stone

Question 17

The dissolved load in wind is more concentrated than in streams.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Running water is an important erosional agent in many arid lands despite infrequent rainfalls.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Assume that the central slip face of a parabolic dune slopes downhill toward the west.What is the direction of the prevailing wind?

Accepted Answer

A) east to west 
B) north to south 
C) south to north 
D) west to east 
A) east to west 
B) north to south 
C) south to north 
D) west to east

Question 20

Sand is transported by saltation both in running water and by blowing winds.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Which one of the following is a low-latitude desert characterized by high atmospheric pressures and descending air masses (not rain shadow deserts).

Which of the following statements about wind transport is true?

What is the source of loess in the Chinese loess plateau?

Wind turbines 10 metres above the ground surface are subjected to relatively little abrasion by blowing sand.

Suspended load in wind includes boulders.

A single, crescent-shaped ________ dune is noted for slow rates of motion and tips pointing downwind.

Examine the words and/or phrases for each question below and determine the relationship among the majority of words/phrases. -Choose the option that does not fit the pattern.

A is closed depression in an arid region caused by .

Which of the following best describes the climatic factors that cause low latitude deserts like the Sahara in Africa?

Rainshadow deserts are common in the lee of major mountain ranges such as in ________.

Transverse dunes are oriented at right angles to a shoreline.

What is the cause of Canada's Arctic deserts like those on Cornwallis and Ellismere Islands?

At what latitudes are most rain shadow deserts located?

What type of transport load does a stream carry that wind does not?

Which of the following drylands lies in the rainshadow caused by prevailing Pacific westerlies and the high peaks of the Coast Mountains and North Cascades?

Examine the words and/or phrases for each question below and determine the relationship among the majority of words/phrases. -Choose the option that does not fit the pattern.

The dissolved load in wind is more concentrated than in streams.

Running water is an important erosional agent in many arid lands despite infrequent rainfalls.

Assume that the central slip face of a parabolic dune slopes downhill toward the west.What is the direction of the prevailing wind?

Sand is transported by saltation both in running water and by blowing winds.

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Exam 18: Deserts and Winds

Which one of the following is a low-latitude desert characterized by high atmospheric pressures and descending air masses (not rain shadow deserts).

Which of the following statements about wind transport is true?

What is the source of loess in the Chinese loess plateau?

Wind turbines 10 metres above the ground surface are subjected to relatively little abrasion by blowing sand.

Suspended load in wind includes boulders.

A single, crescent-shaped ________ dune is noted for slow rates of motion and tips pointing downwind.

Examine the words and/or phrases for each question below and determine the relationship among the majority of words/phrases. -Choose the option that does not fit the pattern.

A ________ is closed depression in an arid region caused by ________.

Which of the following best describes the climatic factors that cause low latitude deserts like the Sahara in Africa?

Rainshadow deserts are common in the lee of major mountain ranges such as in ________.

Transverse dunes are oriented at right angles to a shoreline.

What is the cause of Canada's Arctic deserts like those on Cornwallis and Ellismere Islands?

At what latitudes are most rain shadow deserts located?

What type of transport load does a stream carry that wind does not?

Which of the following drylands lies in the rainshadow caused by prevailing Pacific westerlies and the high peaks of the Coast Mountains and North Cascades?

Examine the words and/or phrases for each question below and determine the relationship among the majority of words/phrases. -Choose the option that does not fit the pattern.

The dissolved load in wind is more concentrated than in streams.

Running water is an important erosional agent in many arid lands despite infrequent rainfalls.

Assume that the central slip face of a parabolic dune slopes downhill toward the west.What is the direction of the prevailing wind?

Sand is transported by saltation both in running water and by blowing winds.

An Introduction to Geology and Plate Tectonics

Minerals: The Building Blocks of Rocks

Igneous Rocks

Volcanoes and Volcanic Processes

Weathering and Soil

Sedimentary Rocks

Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks

Geologic Time

Crustal Deformation

Earthquakes and Earth's Interior

The Ocean Floor

Plate Tectonics: The Framework for Modern Geology

Mountain Building and Continental Frameworks

Mass Wasting: The Work of Gravity

Running Water

Groundwater

Glaciers and Glaciation

Shorelines

Mineral and Energy Resources

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A is closed depression in an arid region caused by .