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1. Which of the following terms 6. Which ordering of words best reflects represents the most important control on geologic formation's ability to store fluids? the Sclentific method a. Hypothesis, observation, analysis, experiment, theory b. Observation, hypothesis a. ) Porosity . Permeability experiment, analysis, theory c. Theory, experiment, hypothesis c. Density analysls, observation Viscosity d. Experiment, analysis theory, observation, hypothesis 2. Back arc basins represent 7. Straight rivers are typically than they spreading near a. mid ocean ridges erode b. Eroding and depositing equally c. Eroding more than they deposit (b) old subduction zones c. transform boundaries d. young subduction zones e. continent d. Ultraviolence Air moving downward from the upper troposphere is typically associated with continent 8. collision and weather 3. Which of the following is NOT a. Warmer and wetter b. Warmer and drier c. Colder and wetter d. Colder and drier associated with Deserts a. very low rainfall b. flash floods upwelling air masses During a flood erosion takes place in the On the . 9. while deposition occurs rain shadow e. subtropical latitudes 4. A Glacier can remain in balance a. Main channel, Flood plain b. Point bar, Cut bank c. Oxbow, Oxbow cutoff d. Edges, Center even as material is lost at the terminus though ablation so long a. Snowfall in accumulation b.) The ice doesn't move too as 10. What phenomena explains both hot zone ablation springs and liquid water beneath a cold ice sheet? fast Transport of heat from the a. earth's core to the surface b. Heating by the sun c. Allens d. Fault friction e. Nearby volcanism 5 Which of the following is source for earth's magnetic field? a. Convection in the mantle / asthenosphere b. Pull of slabs in downgoing trenches Convection in the core 11. Which of the following rock d. a & b e. all of the above properties represents the most important control on the rate at which groundwater will flow? a. Porosity

Explanation / Answer

1. a) porosity

2. b) old subduction zone

3. b) flash floods - it is associated with rivers

4. a) snow mass accumulation = ablation

5. c) convection in the core

6. b)

7. b) erosion=deposition

8. d) colder and drier

9. a) main channel and flood plain

10. e) nearby volcanism

11. b) permeability

12. a) will flow without pumping

13. c) atmosphere

14. c) atmosphere

15. b) pumice

16. a) sandstone

17. b) liquid water, water vapour

18. b) false

19. c) thicker ice

20. a) meanders being cut off

21. c) excessively high sediment load

22. b) old subduction zone

23. d)

24. a)

25. d)

26. b) ability to filter pollution

27. c) calcite

28. b) rectangular

29. a) dendritic

30. a) straight

31. b) straight

32. c) both

33. a)

34. a)

35. b) ionic bond

36. c) mafic

37. a) silicic

38. d) soil creep

39. b) both

40. d)

41. b)

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