Geology 101 Final

  1. Beach drift is:
    The movement of sand through swash and backwash
  2. What is the correct order as erosional processes continue?
    Sea cave → sea arch → sea stack
  3. A tombolo is:
    A ridge of sand connecting an island to a mainland or another island
  4. Jetties are:
    Paired structures extending into the ocean
  5. What scale is used to classify hurricane intensities?
    Saffir-Simpson
  6. Glacial ice cores can tell us:
    Ancient atmospheric composition
  7. In the greenhouse effect:
    The atmosphere is transparent to short wave, and traps long wave radiation
  8. Oxygen isotopes are very useful for:
    Ancient water temperature
  9. A lake formed by the melting of a block of ice covered over by till during a glacial retreat.
    Kettle
  10. Grooves left behind in polished bedrock indicating the direction of glacial advance.
    End moraine
  11. A ridge of till deposited at the terminus of a glacier.
    Striations
  12. Complete the following sequence from snow to glacial ice:
    Snow → Granular ice → Firn → glacial ice.
  13. Which of the following climatic conditions will promote glacier growth
    accumulation > wastage
  14. What is a playa?
    A dried up lake bed in the desert
  15. Barchan sand dunes are:
    Solitary sand dunes shaped like crescents and with their tips pointing downwind.
  16. Transverse dunes are:
    A series of long ridges separated by troughs and oriented at a right angle to the prevailing wind
  17. To be considered a dry climate does the amount of precipitation need to be greater or less than water lost to evaporation?
    less
Author
urbantracks
ID
84568
Card Set
Geology 101 Final
Description
Ground Water
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