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GEOGRAPHY EXAM 2

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Question 1: Where does desertification occur?

Answer:

In semi-arid regions as soil fertility is depleted so that grasslands become shrub-lands.

Question 2: What is the asthenosphere?

Answer:

The molten and pliable region.

Question 3: The _____ the slope, the ____ the erosion potential.

Answer:

1) Steeper

2) Greater

Question 4: What happens during an eruption?

Answer:

The magma is thick and ash, pyroclasts, and gases are sent high into the atmosphere. Lethal gas clouds are also sent down the volcano's slopes.

Question 5: What is the hydro-logic cycle?

Answer:

It is the process by which water in various states moves from the ocean to the atmosphere to and back.Question 6: In the early development of streams, narrow _______ and _____ are formed.

Answer:

1) V-shaped channels

2) Valleys

Question 7: What does the process of divergent plate boundaries cause?

Answer:

Sea floor spreading, mid-oceanic ridges, and new ocean floors.

Question 8: What are changes that take a very long time?

Answer:

Some of the processes of weathering and erosion.

Question 9: What is an example of fault block mountains?

Answer:

Wasatch Mountains in Utah

Question 10: What are the three classifications of rock formation?

Answer:

Igneous,sedimentary, and Metamorphic.

Question 11: What is a savanna?

Answer:

It is a lush grassland (isolated trees) in Africa and South America.

Question 12: What is magma?

Answer:

Under surface, molten rock beneath the surface of the Earth migrates towards the surface through fissures in the rock strata.

Question 13: ____ are responsible for the reduction in the level of the land surface.

Answer:

Gradational processes Question 14: In the rain forest there is a solid canopy of _____ such that only filtered light reaches the ground.

Answer:

Tree tops Question 15: A graded stream transports an amount of sediment ____ to that it has collected.

Answer:

Equal

Question 16: What is a prairie?

Answer:

A biome of tall grasses.

Question 17: Where does salinization of soils occur?

Answer:

In semi-arid regions due to improper irrigation systems.

Question 18: Where are subduction zones located?

Answer:

They're the location of volcanic activity and volcanoes are distributed mainly in the area of plate boundaries.Question 19: What happened when Pangaea (which did exist) began to break apart about 200 million years ago?

Answer:

It formed Laurasia and Gondwanaland.Question 20: In a local water budget, all of the incoming precipitation (P) during a given time period is allocated to what?

Answer:

Actual evapotranspiration (ACTET), soil moisture recharge (deltaST), and surplus water (S.

Question 21: What is the water budget for a Steppe?

Answer:

A little recharge and utilization but mainly soil moisture deficits for most of the year.

Question 22: What happens to the oxides?

Answer:

They decompose.

Question 23: Describe continental plates.

Answer:

They are older, thicker, and more bouyant than oceanic plates.Question 24: Climate regions and soil orders are also correlated with the distribution of _____ - ecosystems characterized by certain types of plant and animals.

Answer:

Biomes Question 25: Glaciers have had a ______ impact on the economic development of _____.

Answer:

1) Major

2) North America

Question 26: What is drainage density?

Answer:

It is the total length of all channels divided by the area of the basin.

Question 27: What is a Tsunami?

Answer:

Is a seismic sea wave related to earthquake activity.

Question 28: How are landforms built overtime?

Answer:

Through a set of endogenic processes and exogenic processes.