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Chapter 17

Multiple-Choice Quiz

Multiple-Choice Quiz
Our Multiple-Choice Quiz will test your knowledge of the basic concepts and ideas offered in Chapter 17. By successfully reviewing these concepts, you will reinforce your comprehension of these geographic ideas.

This activity contains 20 questions.

	Caves and sinkholes would be most likely to occur in regions where the underlying bedrock is   granite. shale. limestone. sandstone. basalt.

	All of the following are characteristics of karst topography, except   it is formed in areas underlain by massive limestone bedrock or other highly soluble rocks. it covers approximately 10% of the Earth's surface. the most common surface feature in a karst landscape is the sinkhole. surface drainage is a noticeable feature of a karst landscape.

	In areas of soluble rocks, which is most important in shaping surface topography?   chemical activity of surface water physical activity of surface water chemical activity of subsurface water physical activity of subsurface water

	In terms of karst topography, the chemical reaction of carbon dioxide + water ⇒ carbonic acid is important because   carbonic acid decomposes the sandstone bedrock. carbonic acid decomposes the limestone bedrock. carbonic acid decomposes the granite bedrock. carbonic acid makes soda fizzy.

	Numerous landforms characterize areas of karst topography. Which of the following is not one of those landforms?   collapse doline mogote uvala sinkhole kame

	Which of the following is a required condition in the formation of hydrothermal features?   a source of magma far from the Earth's surface a location near a "hot spot" fractured bedrock limestone bedrock

	A travertine is a depositional landform composed   primarily of calcium carbonate found near sinkholes. primarily of calcium carbonate found near hot springs. primarily of silica found near hot springs. primarily of silica found near sinkholes.

	Geysers will typically erupt   as soon as water trickles down and touches the hot rocks. when a critical pressure of steam builds up in an underground tube. every hour. when a travertine plugs the geyser opening.

	Solution in underground caverns leaves depositional features such as the icicle-like ____.   tufa stalactites stalagmites sinkholes dolines

	A large, steep-sided, circular hill of residual limestone bedrock is known as a _____.   doline sinkhole mogote cavern stalactite

	When a stalactite meets a stalagmite, the result is a _____.   hydrothermal tombolo pillar doline dripstone

	The brilliant colors around hot springs and geysers are _____.   due to high pressure due to algae best seen in winter largely unexplained very short lived

	Precipitation of lime from solution is due to _____.   water being squeezed through cracks photosynthesis in heat-loving algae sublimation of liquid water reduction of pressure and temperature rain falling out of clouds

	The large bedrock hill at the edge of Li River south of Guilin, China, in the photograph on the right (Source: USGS) was a result of ____.   physical weathering of sandstone exfoliation of granite chemical weathering of shale erosion of lava flows chemical weathering of limestone

	A doline is the same as ____.   an uvala a travertine deposit a sinkhole a disappearing stream none of the above

	A surface crack directly connected to a deep-seated heat source and either continuously or sporadically expelling steam is a   geyser hot spring fumarole lava tube none of the above

	Hydrothermal features are uncommon to ____.   Iceland Yellowstone Park New Zealand the Appalachian Mountains all the above

	The Yellowstone Plateau ____ .   sits atop a volcano sits atop a magma chamber sits atop a lava flow sits atop a divergent plate boundary none of the above

	Karst topography is common to all but which one of the following?   the Shan Plateau the Atlas Mountains the Ozark region Appalachian valleys All the above are usually associated with karst topography.

	Which of the following rocks does not contain significant amounts of carbonate?   chalk limestone sandstone dolomite gypsum

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