Define That Term 1
flat-topped hill with steep sides
A. anticline B. dome C. syncline D. basin E. monocline F. moraine G. seamount H. mesa
H. mesa
ridge deposited by glaciers
A. anticline B. dome C. syncline D. basin E. monocline F. moraine G. seamount H. mesa
F. moraine
Stone arches are most directly related to __________.
1. water erosion
2. water deposition
3. glacial erosion
4. glacial deposition
1. water erosion
The ability of wind and water to transport sediment is most directly related to their __________.
1. composition
2. speed
3. depth or height
4. direction
2. speed
Which of the following does not belong with the other three?
1. fault-block
2. butte
3. monadnock
4. mesa
1. fault-block
Mountain landforms that result mainly from forces within the crust are classified as __________.
1. monadnocks
2. erosional mountains
3. tectonic mountains
4. depositional mountains
3. tectonic mountains
Mountain landforms that are made of anticlines and synclines are __________.
1. fold mountains
2. depositional mountains
3. basins
4. fault-block mountains
1. fold mountains
Fault-block mountains like the Sierra Nevada range, are bounded by one or more ___________ faults.
1. normal
2. overthrust
3. slip-strike
4. reverse
1. normal
Which of the following is usually considered to be the largest landform?
1. mesa
2. butte
3. pinnacle
4. plateau
4. plateau
Stone arches are most directly related to __________.
1. water erosion
2. water deposition
3. glacial erosion
4. glacial deposition
1. water erosion
Topography is...
1. the balance of forces between the crust and the mantle in that region.
2. the kinds of colors used on a landform map of the region.
3. the differences of land elevations in that region.
4. a line of elevation of the region on a map.
3. the differences of land elevations in that region.
The balance of the weights of the rocky materials, water, and ice in and on the earth's crust against the upward push of the mantle is called __________.
1. topography
2. tectonics
3. orogeny
4. isostasy
4. isostasy
Rift valleys form in structures called __________.
1. synclines
2. glaciated zones
3. grabens
4. basins
3. grabens
Which of the following terms applies to the formation of volcanoes?
1. erosional
2. depositional
3. glacial
4. residual
2. depositional
Which of the following is thought to be involved in the formation of a monadnock?
1. rising magma
2. erosion
3. both A and B
4. neither A nor B
3. both A and B
arch of rock layers
A. anticline B. dome C. syncline D. basin E. monocline F. moraine G. seamount H. mesa
A. anticline
trough of rock layers
A. anticline B. dome C. syncline D. basin E. monocline F. moraine G. seamount H. mesa
C. syncline
Which of the following terms applies to the formation of volcanoes?
1. residual
2. glacial
3. depositional
4. erosional
3. depositional
Which of the following regions would you expect to have the greatest relief?
1. the tops of plateaus
2. small hills and valleys
3. mountains and valleys
4. plains
3. mountains and valleys
Sand dunes can be formed by __________.
1. water deposition
2. wind deposition
3. either A or B
4. neither A nor B
3. either A or B
sunken rock layers caused by emptied magma chamber
A. anticline B. dome C. syncline D. basin E. monocline F. moraine G. seamount H. mesa
D. basin
extinct underwater volcano
A. anticline B. dome C. syncline D. basin E. monocline F. moraine G. seamount H. mesa
G. seamount
Sand dunes can be formed by __________.
1. wind deposition
2. water deposition
3. either A or B
4. neither A nor B
3. either A or B
A mountain can be
1. an island.
2. found on a continent.
3. located underwater.
4. all of these
4. all of these
The sediments carried by glaciers are known as __________.
1. drumlins
2. eskers
3. till
4. moraines
3. till