Home
>
The Topography of Arid Lands
>
Quick Review
>
The Topography of Arid Lands
Quick Review
1 .
Running water is the most important external agent of landform development in arid lands.
True
False
2 .
Almost all the desert streams in the world are ephemeral.
True
False
3 .
The smaller lakes found in arid environments are nearly always the product of either subsurface structural conditions or exotic streams from nearby mountains.
True
False
4 .
Bornhards are very unstable and may disintegrate in a few thousand years.
True
False
5 .
A pediment surface is created by deposition rather than erosion.
True
False
6 .
Pediments develop as desert mountains are worn down by weathering and erosion.
True
False
7 .
The Colorado River cannot be classified as an exotic stream.
True
False
8 .
Desert depositional features consist mostly of talus or alluvium accumulations.
True
False
9 .
Wind carries tiny dust particles in suspension, while larger particles are moved by saltation and traction.
True
False
10 .
Aeolian processes are those related to water action.
True
False
11 .
Best known of all dune forms is the transverse.
True
False
12 .
A barchan is crescent shaped.
True
False
13 .
Seifs are long, narrow dunes that usually occur in groups and in a generally parallel arrangement.
True
False
14 .
The immediate origin of loess is aeolian depositon.
True
False
15 .
The interior of the southwestern United States is characterized by basin-and-range topography.
True
False
16 .
One of the most widespread topographic features found in any desert area is the alluvial fan.
True
False
17 .
The most prominent location for mesa-and-scarp terrain can be found in the Four Corners region of Southwestern United States.
True
False
Copyright © 1995-2008, Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Prentice Hall
Legal and Privacy Terms