Unit 37 | Higher Education | Oxford University Press Canada

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Question 1:

All of the following are erosional agents except:
a) running water
b) wind
c) plant roots
d) glaciers
e) coastal waves

Question 4:

The spontaneous downslope shift of materials due to gravity is:
a) erosion
b) mass movement
c) weathering
d) aggradation
e) slumping

Question 5:

In which degradational process do particles remain closest to their origin?
a) erosion
b) mass movement
c) weathering
d) deposition
e) sublimation

Question 6:

Secondary landforms are created by weathering and erosion.
a) True
b) False

Question 7:

Mountain ranges and horizontal lava flows are good examples of primary landforms.
a) True
b) False

Question 8:

A key force in gradational processes is gravity.
a) True
b) False

Question 9:

Degradational processes are never accompanied by aggradational processes.
a) True
b) False

Question 10:

Weathering usually removes its products to greater distances than erosion does.
a) True
b) False

Question 11:

Glaciers are effective agents of erosion and deposition.
a) True
b) False

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