5 Written Questions

1. any situation where groundwater rises in a well above the level initially encountered
2. a measure of a material's ability to transmit water
3. largest earthquake ever recorded (1960)
4. An enlongated depression in the seafloor produced by bending of oceanic crust during subduction.
5. a kind of well in which the pressure surface is below ground level

5 Matching Questions

1. river of ice
2. cross-beds
3. 745
4. ridge push
5. crevasses

1. a large cracks in the surface of a glacier caused by uneven movement are known as _______________ (can reach a depth of 165 feet)
2. b layers inclined in the direction the wind is blowing
3. c a glacier is a_________________
4. d how many miles of land ruptures in the 2004 samatran earthquake.
5. e A mechanism that may contribute to plate motion. It involves the oceanic lithosphere sliding down the oceanic ridge under the pull of gravity.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. faults in california are ___________ then faults in new england
   1. esker
   2. aretes
   3. deeper
   4. dunes
2. bands of light and dark sediments (different from ogives, they are horizontal)
   1. dark
   2. dunes
   3. varves
   4. grooves
3. Composite cone, Japan, erupts 400 times a year
   1. Santorini
   2. sandboils
   3. abrasion
   4. Sakurajima
4. names for ephemeral streams - streams that carry water only in response to rainfall
   1. (arroyo, wash) (wadi) (donga) (nullah)
   2. outwash plain
   3. cirque lake (tarn)
   4. moraine dammed lake
5. dunes: cross between barchan and traverse dunes, moderate amount of sand, similar to traverse dunes but with tips, tips point down wind
   1. barchanoid dunes
   2. barchan dunes
   3. longitudinal dunes
   4. parabolic dunes

5 True/False Questions

1. sumatra earthquake → earthquake ranked 2-6 in past 100 years occured in 2004 on an ocean ocean plate boundary and killed 250,000 in tsunami

   True        False

2. triangular facet → formation when run off falls from the base of mountain

   True        False

3. cirque lake (tarn) → when a cirque fills with water (created in mountains)

   True        False

4. porosity → percentage of total volume of rock or sediment that consists of voids or spaces

   True        False

5. crescent gauge → a depression in the surface of a glacier created by the heating of rocks is called a ___________________

   True        False