LSU Geography 2051 Exam 2026 | All Questions
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The formation of mountains when 2 low density plates crash in to one another is
what type of orogenesis? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Continent-
Continent
What is an example of Continent-Continent orogenesis? ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------Himalayas
A large stable block of earth's crust, forming the nucleus of a continent ---------
CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Craton
A fault-bounded area or region with a distinctive stratigraphy, structure, and
history ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Terrane
Difference in elevation of 2 areas ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Relief
What are the 3 topographic regions? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
Mountains, Hills and low tablelands, and plains
,Areas with relief of more than 600 m ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
Mountains
Flattish topography with some elevation and relief less than 600 m but greater
than 100 m ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Hills and low tablelands
Areas where total relief is less than 100 m ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
Plains
Refers to a wide range of different processes that break down earth materials
over time ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Weathering
Weathering processes that involve mechanical forces ---------CORRECT ANSWER---
--------------Physical weathering
Weathering processes that involve processes that attack materials at the
molecular level ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Chemical weathering
,What are the 5 controls of weathering? ---------CORRECT ANSWER------------------
Rock characteristics
- Climate
- Hydrology
- Topography
- Vegetation
What are 3 examples of physical weathering processes? ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------Root wedging, crystallization, and frost action (freeze thaw)
When water gets in to the cracks of rocks, and then freezes, cracking the rock -----
----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Frost action (freeze thaw)
What are the 4 spheres of the Earth? ---------CORRECT ANSWER------------------
Lithosphere
- Hydrosphere
- Atmosphere
- Biosphere
What is the solid portion of the globe? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
Lithosphere
, What is the water portion of the globe? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
Hydrosphere
What is the gases that surround the globe? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
Atmosphere
What are the living organisms that occupy the globe? ---------CORRECT ANSWER---
--------------Biosphere
A method for producing new knowledge ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
Scientific method
A body of existing knowledge ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Theory
A provisional explanation ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Hypothesis
A set of objects and their attributes that are linked together by a flow of matter
and energy ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------System
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The formation of mountains when 2 low density plates crash in to one another is
what type of orogenesis? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Continent-
Continent
What is an example of Continent-Continent orogenesis? ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------Himalayas
A large stable block of earth's crust, forming the nucleus of a continent ---------
CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Craton
A fault-bounded area or region with a distinctive stratigraphy, structure, and
history ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Terrane
Difference in elevation of 2 areas ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Relief
What are the 3 topographic regions? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
Mountains, Hills and low tablelands, and plains
,Areas with relief of more than 600 m ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
Mountains
Flattish topography with some elevation and relief less than 600 m but greater
than 100 m ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Hills and low tablelands
Areas where total relief is less than 100 m ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
Plains
Refers to a wide range of different processes that break down earth materials
over time ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Weathering
Weathering processes that involve mechanical forces ---------CORRECT ANSWER---
--------------Physical weathering
Weathering processes that involve processes that attack materials at the
molecular level ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Chemical weathering
,What are the 5 controls of weathering? ---------CORRECT ANSWER------------------
Rock characteristics
- Climate
- Hydrology
- Topography
- Vegetation
What are 3 examples of physical weathering processes? ---------CORRECT
ANSWER-----------------Root wedging, crystallization, and frost action (freeze thaw)
When water gets in to the cracks of rocks, and then freezes, cracking the rock -----
----CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Frost action (freeze thaw)
What are the 4 spheres of the Earth? ---------CORRECT ANSWER------------------
Lithosphere
- Hydrosphere
- Atmosphere
- Biosphere
What is the solid portion of the globe? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
Lithosphere
, What is the water portion of the globe? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
Hydrosphere
What is the gases that surround the globe? ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
Atmosphere
What are the living organisms that occupy the globe? ---------CORRECT ANSWER---
--------------Biosphere
A method for producing new knowledge ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------
Scientific method
A body of existing knowledge ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Theory
A provisional explanation ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------Hypothesis
A set of objects and their attributes that are linked together by a flow of matter
and energy ---------CORRECT ANSWER-----------------System
