Earth Science Test #3
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- 1.The largest reservoir of freshwater that is available to humans is ____________.
- A.
River water
- B.
Lakes and reservoirs glaciers groundwater lakes and reservoirs glaciers groundwater lakes and reservoirs
- C.
Glaciers
- D.
groundwater
- 2.The single most important agent sculpturing Earth's land surface is _________.
- A.
Ice
- B.
Waves
- C.
Groundwater
- D.
Wind
- E.
Running water
- 3.Raising a stream's base level will cause the stream to ____________.
- A.
Change course
- B.
Erode
- C.
Stop flowing
- D.
Deposit material
- E.
Meander
- 4.Along a stream meander, the maximum velocity of water occurs ____________.
- A.
In the center, below the surface
- B.
In the center, on the surface
- C.
Near the inner bank of meander
- D.
Near the outer bank of meander
- E.
Near the stream's bed
- 5.The function of artificial levees built along a river is to control ____________.
- A.
Flooding
- B.
Meandering
- C.
Gradient
- D.
Oxbow lakes
- E.
Erosion
- 6.During periods when rain does not fall, rivers are sustained by ____________.
- A.
Runoff
- B.
Groundwater
- C.
Atmospheric moisture
- D.
Evaporation
- E.
Transpirated water
- 7.Which one of the following would least likely be found in a wide valley?
- A.
Cutoff
- B.
Oxbow lake
- C.
Floodplain
- D.
Meanders
- E.
Rapids
- 8.Along straight stretches, the highest water velocities in a river are near the ____________ of the channel, just below the surface.
- A.
Center
- B.
Sides
- C.
End
- D.
All of the above
- 9.The combined effects of mass wasting and ____________ produce stream valleys.
- A.
Capacity
- B.
Crystallization
- C.
Tectonics
- D.
Weathering
- E.
Running water
- 10.Which one of the following is a measure of a material's ability to transmit water through interconnected pore spaces?
- A.
Porosity
- B.
Permeability
- C.
Gradient
- D.
Capacity
- E.
Competence
- 11.In a typical stream, where gradient is steep, discharge is ____________.
- A.
Reversed
- B.
Small
- C.
Variable
- D.
Impossible to calculate
- E.
Large
- 12.Drawdown of a well creates a roughly conical lowering of the water table called the cone of ____________.
- A.
Permeability
- B.
Depression
- C.
Saturation
- D.
Aeration
- E.
Lowering
- 13.Most streams carry the largest part of their load ____________.
- A.
Near their head
- B.
During the dry season
- C.
As bed load
- D.
In solution
- E.
In suspension
- 14.The great majority of hot springs and geysers in the United States are found in the ____________.
- A.
South
- B.
West
- C.
North
- D.
East
- 15.Whenever the water table intersects the ground surface, a natural flow of water, called a(n) ____________, results.
- A.
Sinkhole
- B.
Aquitard
- C.
Stalagmite
- D.
Spring
- E.
Geyser
- 16.How many types of faults are there?
- A.
10
- B.
4
- C.
5
- D.
6
- 17.On which type of wall can you stand on?
- A.
Hanging Wall
- B.
Foot Wall
- C.
Standing Wall
- D.
Push Wall
- 18.What is a dip?
- A.
Horizontal line of the break
- B.
Exposed plane of fault
- C.
Vertical angle of break, slope
- D.
A hole in a road
- 19.A strike is?
- A.
Vertical angle of break, slope
- B.
Horizontal line of the break
- C.
Exposed plane of fault
- D.
A crack in the earth
- 20.A fault scarp is?
- A.
Vertical angle of break, slope
- B.
Horizontal line of the break
- C.
Exposed plae of fault
- D.
Where one fault meets another
- 21.What type of fault is when its sideways movement due to a shear?
- A.
Transform
- B.
Normal
- C.
Reverse
- D.
Thrust
- 22.Which fault is stretching and the hanging wall moves down relative to footwall?
- A.
Transform
- B.
Normal
- C.
Reverse
- D.
Oblique Slip
- 23.What type of fault is where sqeezing occurs and the hanging wall moves up the hanging wall?
- A.
Transform
- B.
Normal
- C.
Reverse
- D.
Thrust
- 24.What fault is vertical movement?
- A.
Transform
- B.
Normal
- C.
Reverse
- D.
Both Normal and Reverse
- 25.An Oblique Slip is when___________________________?
- A.
A vertical fault occurs
- B.
A hortizontal fault occurs
- C.
A vertical and hortizontal fault occurs
- D.
No faults are occur and is a fault all on its own
- 26.When cooling of igneous rock occurs this is called expansion.
- A.
True
- B.
False
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