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Chapter 18

Multiple-Choice Quiz

Multiple-Choice Quiz
Our Multiple-Choice Quiz exercise will test your knowledge of the basic concepts and ideas offered in Chapter 18. By successfully reviewing these concepts, you will reinforce your comprehension of these geographic ideas.

This activity contains 20 questions.

	Which of the following is not a factor in the formation of desert landforms?   creep rainfall vegetation drainage permeable surfaces

	A fine grained wind-deposited surface material with extensive deposits in the midlatitudes is ____.   reg loess erg inselberg plinth

	The Spanish word for table applied to flat topped landforms in the American West is ______.   barranca bajada arroyo mesa frijole

	The single most important agent of landscape formation in deserts is ____.   wind water geologic uplift creep solution

	A shallow depression from which an abundance of fine material has been deflated is known as a deflation hollow or _____.   seif tombolo barchan swash blowout

	An erg   is a desert landscape characterized by large expanses of sand. is a desert landscape characterized by a large expanse of coarse gravel, pebbles, and/or boulders. is a desert landscape characterized by a large expanse of consolidated materials. is a desert landscape characterized by fluvial erosion and alluvial fans. is none of the above.

	Rivers such as the Nile or Colorado, which rise in moist regions and then flow through arid landscapes are called _____ streams.   gibber barchan pediment exotic playa

	Most desert streamflow eventually   runs to the sea. becomes perennial. evaporates or seeps into the landscape. ends many weeks after a rain. flows into an exotic stream.

	Aeolian processes refer to   running water. ice. groundwater. wind. chemical weathering.

	Mesa-and-scarp topography is most closely associated with ____.   extrusive vulcanism metamorphism erosion deposition faulting

	Many permanent desert lakes are best described by which phrase?   They were once much larger. They are remnants of Pleistocene lakes. They receive water from exotic streams. They receive flow from nearby mountains. All of the above are true.

	In arid regions, differential erosion tends to be best developed in areas of _____.   sandstone rocks massive metamorphic rocks multiple sedimentary layers massive igneous rocks minimal weathering

	An arroyo is to a wadi as an inselberg is to a(n) _____.   bornhardt desert erosion surface piedmont pediment

	This photograph shows the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, located in the Basin and Range Province. What are these types of saltpans called?   loess bornhardts clay pans salinas playa lakes

	This photograph of the southeastern tip of the Arabian Peninsula with the Gulf of Oman at left was taken by the crew of the Gemini 4 flight. What type of sand dune is present in the upper left-hand corner of the photo? [Photo Source]   transverse seif barchan

	Basin-and-range terrain has what three principal features?   terminal, end, and recessional moraines ergs, seifs, and barchans anticlines, synclines, and overturned folds ranges, piedmont zones, and basins plateaus, mesas, and buttes

	The steeper leeward side of a dune is called a _____.   shelf drop-off slope slip face limb none of the above

	Badlands result from ____.   the merger of alluvial fans the erosion of a pediment a widely spread network of streams in erodible sedimentary rocks a densely packed network of streams in erodible sedimentary rocks none of the above

	The whitish surface of a salinas is due to _____.   limestone bedrock high-salt concentrations high–iron oxide concentrations rhyolite bedrock none of the above

	The main factors causing desertification in the Sahel were natural drought and _____.   overgrazing deforestation salinization soil erosion all the above

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