Quiz 5 PHSC 210 LIBERTY UNIVERSITY
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This type of thermal feature at Yellowstone National Park is
often very colorful due to different kinds of
bacteria that live in it Ans: hot spring
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Sand is usually found in the ______ load of a stream Ans: bed
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It is observed that a shale layer weathers faster than an
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overlying limestone producing an overhang. This would be an
example of Ans: differential weathering
Water that is drawn up just above the water table is called Ans:
the capillary fringe
These types of streams have a relatively small river in a big
canyon or valley Ans: misfit
Springs may occur as a result of all of the following EXCEPT
Ans: on mountain peaks
In order to produce an artesian well or spring, an aquifer
usually is confined by Ans: aquicludes
The exposed soil and rock cliff face that results from some
types of mass movements is called a
_______________ Ans: scarp
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All of the following contributed to the Madison River Canyon
slide in 1959 EXCEPT Ans: desert climate
This type of cave formation often has a very strange shape
Ans: helictite
The largest reserve of freshwater on earth is found in Ans:
glaciers
The ability of water to flow through a rock is called Ans:
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permeability
A rapid flow composed of 40% boulders, 30% gravel, 10% sand
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and 10% water coming down a slot canyon would be a Ans:
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debris flow
Deposits made along the sides of a stream channel during
periods of flooding are called Ans: natural levees
What was unique about the 1929 Grand Banks earthquake that
created a mass movement? Ans: it was a submarine landslide
A major method by which material gets delivered to the
Colorado River in the Grand Canyon is Ans: debris flow
Cavitation is a special mechanical weathering process caused
by the explosion of tiny vacuum bubbles Ans: False
Scripture identifies the rock that Moses struck, and
subsequently produced water, as Christ Ans: True
A limestone in a desert would be very susceptible to
weathering by carbonic acid Ans: False