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Geology exam 5 test
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Undergraduate 2
04/26/2011

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The Natural Flow of Groundwater that exists when the water table intersects the ground surface is called a(n)
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Spring
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This term is used to describe an impermearble layer that hinders or prevents the movement of groundwater.
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aquitard
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In the US, more groundwater is used for this purpose than any other.
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Irrigation
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Which of the following represents the greatest volume of water?
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Term
A(n) _________ is created by the lowering of the water table surrounding as well.
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Cone of Depression
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About what percentage of Earth's water is groundwater?
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0.6%
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This is a measure of the amount of groundwater that can be stored by rock or sediment.
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Porosity
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A measure of a material's ability to transmit groundwater through interconnected pore spaces is known as its
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Permeability
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This term refers to rock strata or sediments that readily transmit groundwater.
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aquifer
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The broad deposit of stratified drift that is deposited beyond teh end moraine of an ice sheet is a (an)
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Outwash plain
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The outer limit of a glacier's zone of accumulation is defined by the
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Snowline
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As a glacier moves down a valley, the ice in the center moves ______ tan teh ice along the sides
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Faster
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Which one of the following regions has NOT been modified by glacial erosion and/ or deposition?
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Stone Mountain, GA
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Currently glaciers cover about ______ percent of Earth's land area.
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10%
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As ice sheets get larger, sea level _______.
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Drops
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When the front of a flacier is retreating ,the ice within the glacier __________________.
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continues to flow toward the outer maring of the glacier.
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During the ice age, ice sheets covered ____ times more land area than present day ice sheets.
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The largest ice sheet on Earth today covers ____________.
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Antartica
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Alpine glaciers are also called _____________.
Definition
valley glaciers.
Term
As the front of a glacier is retreating, a layer of unsorted glacial sediment (till) known as a (an) _______ is deposited.
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ground moraine
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When ice accumulation exceeds ice wastage, the front of a glacier will _______.
Definition
advance.
Term
Which one of the following statements about deserts is accurate?
Definition
Infrequent desert rains are often heavy.
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Rainshadow deserts occur on the _________ sides of mountains.
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leeward
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Sinking air _________ and ______.
Definition
is compressed, warms.
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Steppe climates can also be described as _________.
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semiand.
Term
TRUE OR FALSE
Usually sand dunes cover 50 percent or more of desert surfaces.
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FALSE
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Desert streams are usually dry and carry water only after periods of rain. Such streams are said to be _________.
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ephemeral.
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Approximately ____ percent of the world's land area is characterized by dry climates.
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Term
Low-latitude subtropical deserts are the result of _______ air associated with the ________ pressure zones located at about 30 degrees north and south latitudes.
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Sinking, Subtropical
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Climatologists define dry climates as those in which annual precipitation is exceeded by potential annual __________.
Definition
evaporation.
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A surface of tightly packed coarse pebbles on the desert surface is called __________.
Definition
desert pavement.
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