phys geo test 3

Question 1

definition of climate

Question 2

relationship between temperature and precipitation

Question 3

el nino definition

Question 4

sequence of climate zones from the equator to pole

Question 5

kyoto protocol

Question 6

4 divisions of geologic timescale largest to smallest

Question 7

definition of uniformitarianism

Question 8

core of earth sequence

Question 9

difference between continental and oceanic crusts

Question 10

principles of buoyancy and balance

Question 11

why does oceanic crust subduct

Question 12

hypsographic curve

Question 13

orogenesis definition

Question 14

two types of volcanic eruptions slowest to fastest

Question 15

definition of denudation

Question 16

definition of mass movement

Question 17

definition of weathering

Question 18

difference between endo and exogenic

Question 19

difference between chemical and physical weathering

Question 20

definition of exfoliation

Question 21

formation of karst topography is because of what

Question 22

stalagtite vs stalagmite

Question 23

difference between landslide and debris avalanche

Question 24

in a moderately sloped and dry environment, what kind of mass movement?

Question 25

longest river

Question 26

largest river

Question 27

sequence of weathering processes in nature

Question 28

difference between ultimate and local base level

Question 29

where is georgia’s major drainage basin

Question 30

as the discharge of a stream increases, what happens?

Question 31

difference between competence and capacity

Question 32

what happens when aggradation exceeds erosion

Question 33

pointbar

Question 34

braided stream

Question 35

undercut vs cut bank

Question 36

why natural levees separated?

Question 37

how is oxbow lake formed?

Question 38

mississipi river has produced how many distinct deltaic formations

Question 39

how can the depth and speed of streamflow