Mass Movements, Wind, and Glaciers

Practice Test
      
  1.A __________ is a large, moving mass of ice.  
  a.   cirque  
  b.   drumlin  
  c.   dune  
  d.   glacier  
      
  2.The slow, steady, downhill flow of loose material is called __________.  
  a.   slump  
  b.   avalanche  
  c.   creep  
  d.   landslide  
      
  3.According to the map, which part of the country would be best to move to in order to avoid high amounts of wind erosion?



 
  a.   the midwest  
  b.   the southeast  
  c.   the northeast  
  d.   the northern plains  
      
  4.What are scratches left in rock by a glacier called?  
  a.   striations  
  b.   cirques  
  c.   drumlins  
  d.   marks  
      
  5.What is a surface that has only large particles because the wind has removed the finer particles?  
  a.   loess  
  b.   abraded  
  c.   a dune  
  d.   a desert pavement  
      
  6.What kind of valley will be left by the structure in the figure?



 
  a.   w-shaped  
  b.   u-shaped  
  c.   v-shaped  
  d.   i-shaped  
      
  7.Ridges consisting of till deposited by glaciers are called __________.  
  a.   eskers  
  b.   aretes  
  c.   moraines  
  d.   cirques  
      
  8.What type of mass movement occurred as a result of the eruption of Mount St. Helens?  
  a.   slump  
  b.   landslide  
  c.   creep  
  d.   mudflow  
      
  9.Unlike water, wind commonly can __________.  
  a.   abrade particles  
  b.   move sediment downhill  
  c.   move sediment uphill  
  d.   put sediment into suspension  
      
  10.Glaciers move over older moraines and form the material into elongated landforms called __________.  
  a.   drumlins  
  b.   moraines  
  c.   eskers  
  d.   outwash plains  
      
  11.How are dunes classified?  
  a.   shape  
  b.   side  
  c.   climate of location  
  d.   type of particles  
      
  12.Which of the sand dunes in the figure accumulates in areas with very little sand?



 
  a.   c  
  b.   b  
  c.   d  
  d.   a  
      
  13.Look at the figure of a landslide in New York State in 1993. What was possible danger of this event?

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