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Physical Geography: The Global Environment, Second Edition - Unit 32

Instructions: For each question, click on the radio button beside your answer. When you have completed the entire quiz, click the Submit my answers button at the bottom of the page to receive your results.

Question 1:


a) fluvial area
b) drainage basin
c) lithology
d) divide
e) base level

Question 2:


a) transportation
b) degradation
c) pressure gradation
d) aggradation
e) streams perform all of these functions

Question 3:


a) Abrasion
b) Solution
c) Hydraulic action
d) Infiltration
e) a, b, and c

Question 4:


a) traction
b) saltation
c) suspension
d) solution
e) extrusion

Question 5:


a) traction
b) saltation
c) suspension
d) solution
e) scouring

Question 6:


a) base level
b) floodplain
c) water table
d) channel
e) crust level

Question 7:


a) streams
b) glaciers
c) slides
d) volcanoes
e) oceans

Question 8:


a) hydro absorption
b) infiltration capacity
c) hydro capacity
d) fluvial rate
e) fluvial capacity

Question 9:


a) slopes
b) slides
c) streams
d) lakes
e) basins

Question 10:


a) flux
b) stagnation
c) minimum flow rate
d) entropy
e) calm

Question 11:


a) a hydro current
b) erosion
c) solution
d) abrasion action
e) hydraulic action

Question 12:


a) clear
b) turbid
c) murky
d) sandy
e) foggy

Question 13:


a) 10
b) 2.1–3.1
c) 5–7
d) 1.5–1.6
e) .5–.9

Question 14:


a) 1/2
b) 1/3
c) 1/8
d) 3/4
e) ¼

Question 15:


a) Glaciers
b) Wind
c) Flowing Water
d) Volcanoes
e) Snow

Question 16:


a) True
b) False

Question 17:


a) True
b) False

Question 18:


a) True
b) False

Question 19:


a) True
b) False

Question 20:


a) True
b) False

Question 21:


a) True
b) False