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Which of the followiing landscapes were not carved by glaciers?
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The Grand Canyon
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A glacier forms when
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Snow accumulates to form ice and the ice mass begins to flow under its own weight.
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The water table is found at the
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Top of the zone of saturation
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Caves and caverns are formed in carbonate rock by
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Reaction of carbonic acid released into the groundwater
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The flow of a glacier begins
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After it has reached a critical mass.
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Water able to be contained in the subsurface depends on
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Porosity
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The flow of ground is dependent on
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Hydraulic conductivity and pressure
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Which has the longest residence time
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Polar ice caps and glaciers
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The most important agent of erosion is
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Water
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The depositionaal landform at the farthest advance of a glacier is called a
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Terminal moraine
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As a large reservoir behind a new dam fills with water, what happens to the water table in the vicinity of the reservoir
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The water table rises
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V-shaped valleys are
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common in mountainous regions
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Through which of the following is the infiltration of water greatest?
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Sandy soil
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When a perched water table intersects the surface on a hillside, the result is
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A spring
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In a delta environment the first grains to settle are
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Coarse-grained sediment
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