Unit 42 | Higher Education | Oxford University Press Canada

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Question 1:

Which of the following factors does not affect fluvial erosion?
a) climate
b) geologic structure
c) bedrock type (lithology)
d) pressure gradients
e) all of these factors affect fluvial erosion

Question 2:

A fault scarp that has been modified by erosion is called:
a) a fault-line scarp
b) a fault trace
c) a cuesta
d) a hogback
e) a talus cone

Question 5:

In Davis' theory of erosion, the most prominent, not-yet eroded remnants are termed:
a) peneplains
b) monadnocks
c) interfluves
d) pediplanes
e) hogbacks

Question 6:

Trellis drainage often occurs on parallel-folded or dipping sedimentary rocks.
a) True
b) False

Question 7:

Pediplains are concave features.
a) True
b) False

Question 8:

Radial drainage is typical of flat-lying sedimentary rocks.
a) True
b) False

Question 9:

An antecedent stream forms after the ridge it cuts through.
a) True
b) False

Question 10:

Stream capture refers to one stream capturing a portion of another stream.
a) True
b) False

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