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What 2 variables are used in a climograph?
Temperature and Precipitation
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Is a drumlin an erosional or depositional landform?
Depositional
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What is the most probable agent of erosion on Earth's surface
Running water
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What is a trough?
U-shaped valley formed by glaciers
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True or False? An ephemeral stream carries water year round?
False
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Is a mid-latitude cyclone high or low pressure?
Low
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Which has a steeper gradient, 1st or 3rd order?
1st order
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How is a spit formed?
Entrance to inlet or bay slows down water
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Is a hanging valley erosional or depositional?
Erosional
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Why are D and E climates only in the northern hemisphere
Not enough land at high latitudes
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What kind of precipitation is associated with a warm front?
Light Drizzle, Dry
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What is a yazoo stream?
Runs parallel to a river, can't join because natural levees
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How is an inselberg formed?
Eroded remnants, etc.
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Which climate classifications are associated with the movemment of the ITCZ
Aw, Af, Am
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What is a horn?
pyramid-shaped mountain peak with cirques on 3 or more sides
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What are the two mechanisms by which sediment is transported along coasts?
Longshore current & beach drifting
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Why are deserts located at 30°N and S
Subtropical Highs
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What is the formula for gradient?
Elevation difference / Number of miles
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What 2 factors determine the type of mass wasting
Speed (slope), moisture
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How many 1st and 2nd order streams?
8, 3, 1
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What is the drainage pattern left by a glacier?
Deranged, swamps, poor drainage
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A talus cone is associated with which type of mass wasting
Rockfall
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Is erosion concentrated on the inside or outside bank of a meander?
Outside
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What 2 competing forces determine the size of the glacier?
Ablation and Accumulation
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What are the 5 dominant climate controls?
Latitude, L-W Contrasts, Ocean currents, global wind patterns, and Altitude
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