GEOG 1113: Landforms
Spring 2010
I. Identify the following terms:
1. Glacier
2. Firn
3. Zone of accumulation
4. Zone of ablation
5. Equilibrium line
6. Basal slip
7. Crevasses
8. Ice cap
9. Ice field
10. Tidewater glacier
11. Piedmont glacier
12. Valley glacier
13. Continental glacier
14. Glacial erratic
15. Glacial abrasion
16. Cirque
17. Glacial trough
18. Glacial drift
19. Glacial till
20. Moraine
21. Kettle lake
22. Pleistocene Epoch
23. Interglacial period
24. Glacial period
25. Milankovitch Theory
26. Isostatic adjustment
27. Periglacial processes
28. Permafrost
29. Talik
30. Ice wedge
31. Pingo
32. Patterned ground
33. Arroyo
34. Butte
35. Plateau
36. Mesa
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37. Pinnacle
38. Playa
39. Eolian
40. Desert pavement
41. Deflation hollow
42. Ventifacts
43. Dust Bowl
44. Sand sea
45. Desertification
46. Black blizzards
47. Loess
48. African Sahel
49. windbreak
50. Ocean
51. Sea
52. Gulf
53. Bay
54. Salinity
55. Brine
56. Brackish
57. Eustatic change
58. Ria
59. Fjord
60. Tides
61. Waves
62. Surf
63. Tsunami
64. Longshore current
65. Progradation
66. Beach
67. Barrier island
II. Short Answer:
1. In the Glacial Mass Budget, what is glacial input and what is
glacial output?
2. Briefly explain how glaciers are formed.
3. How do glaciers move?
4. Why does the Pacific Northwest having glaciers that are growing?
5. Name and describe the 2 types of glacial drift.
6. Why is Minnesota the Land of 10,000 Lakes? What kinds of lakes
are these?
7. What were the 2 ice sheets that covered North America during the
Pleistocene Glaciations?
8. How are oxygen isotopes used to reconstruct glacial history?
9. Name and describe the significance of the 5 possible causes of
glaciations.
10. Explain the seasonal changes in the active layer.
11. What are the 3 factors (or where are the 3 areas) influencing arid
climates?
12. Why are flash floods common in arid regions?
13. How are playas formed?
14. Name and describe the 2 types of wind erosion.
15. Explain 2 ways that Saharan dust storms impact North America.
16. What are the 3 most important factors influencing dune shape?
17. Explain the importance of loess
18. Explain how Humans can cause desertification
19. Name the world’s 5 oceans
20. Why is it a bad idea to build permanent structures on barrier
islands?
21. Explain why the Earth has tides.
III. Diagrams:
1. Illustrate a glacial mass budget. Include the following in your
illustration: zone of accumulation, zone of ablation, equilibrium
line, evaporation, sublimation, meltwater, crevasse.
2. Illustrate glacial depositional landforms. Include the following in
you illustration: terminal moraine, recessional moraine, lateral
moraine, medial moraine, glacier.
3. Illustrate a depositional coastline. Include the following terms in
your illustration:, barrier island, lagoon, bay, spit, baymouth bar
4. Illustrate a beach cross section. Include the following terms in your
illustration: dunes, foredunes, offshore bar, backshore, foreshore,
offshore, hide-tide line, low-tide line