New Jersey Institute of Technology
College of Science and Liberal Arts
Department of Physics
The Earth in Space
Phys 203
Fall 2004
Kupfrian Hall, Room 107
Third Examination (sample)
Name: ___________________________________ Student ID: _______________
01.) Which of the following types of landscapes are at equatorial latitudes?
(a) jungles and hot deserts
(b) forests and savannas
(c) tundra and permafrost
02.) Which of the following types of landscapes are at intermediate latitudes?
(a) jungles and hot deserts
(b) forests and savannas
(c) tundra and permafrost
03.) Which of the following types of landscapes are at polar latitudes?
(a) jungles and hot deserts
(b) forests and savannas
(c) tundra and permafrost
04.) What type of weathering is accomplished by forces that break rock into smaller and smaller pieces
without changing the rock’s mineral composition?
(a) mechanical weathering
(b) chemical weathering
(c) biological weathering
05.) What type of weathering alters the internal structures of minerals by removing and/or adding elements?
(a) mechanical weathering
(b) chemical weathering
(c) biological weathering
06.) What type of weathering is caused by life?
(a) mechanical weathering
(b) chemical weathering
(c) biological weathering
07.) An acid has a pH
(a) less than 7.
(b) equal to 7.
(c) greater than 7.
08.) A base has a pH
(a) less than 7.
(b) equal to 7.
(c) greater than 7.
09.) Pure water has a pH
(a) less than 7.
(b) equal to 7.
(c) greater than 7.
10.) What determines soil formation?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
plants and animals
slope
climate
time
all of the above
11.) What is soil composed of?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
mineral matter
organic matter
air and water
all of the above
(a) and (b) only
12.) Which soil horizon is the topsoil?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
the O horizon
the A horizon
the B horizon
the C horizon
13.) Which soil horizon is the subsoil?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
the O horizon
the A horizon
the B horizon
the C horizon
14.) What type of regolith supports plant growth?
(a) soil
(b) horizon
(c) angle of repose
15.) What is the steepest slope at which material remains stable?
(a) soil
(b) horizon
(c) the angle of repose
16.) What is the term for a layer of soil?
(a) soil
(b) horizon
(c) angle of repose
17.) Stalactites
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
hang from the ceiling of a cavern.
grow up from the floor of a cavern.
either hang from the ceiling of a cavern or grow up from the floor of a cavern.
are the same as stalagmites.
none of the above
18.) Stalagmites
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
hang from the ceiling of a cavern.
grow up from the floor of a cavern.
either hang from the ceiling of a cavern or grow up from the floor of a cavern.
are the same as stalactites.
none of the above
19.) Where does the main erosion happen at a bend in a stream?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
on the outside of the bend
on the inside of the bend
both (a) and (b) equally
neither (a) not (b)
20.) A stream originates 200 meters above sea level and travels 400 kilometers to the ocean. What is the
average gradient?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
0.2 m/km
0.5 m/km
2 m/km
5 m/km
none of the above
21.) The discharge of a river usually increases downstream.
(a) true
(b) false
22.) The gradient of a river usually decreases downstream.
(a) true
(b) false
23.) The velocity of a river usually increases downstream.
(a) true
(b) false
24.) If a river looks clear, then it has no load.
(a) true
(b) false
25.) As its name implies, the water table is always very level (flat).
(a) true
(b) false
26.) The source of heat for most hot springs is hot igneous material beneath the surface.
(a) true
(b) false
27.) When the front of a glacier is retreating, the ice within the glacier is actually advancing.
(a) true
(b) false
28.) Till is sediment deposited directly by a glacier.
(a) true
(b) false
29.) The continental glaciers that cover Greenland and Antarctica are about equal in size.
(a) true
(b) false
30.) Valley glaciers change U-shaped valleys into V-shaped valleys.
(a) true
(b) false