GEOG 1113: Landform Geography
Summer 2013
Exam 3 Study Guide
I. Be familiar with the following terms:
1. glacier
2. firn
3. zone of accumulation
4. zone of ablation
5. equilibrium line
6. crevasses
7. basal slip
8. glacial surge
9. tidewater glacier
10. alpine (or mountain) glaciers
11. continental glaciers
12. glacial abrasion
13. glacial plucking
14. cirque
15. tarn
16. glacial trough
17. lateral moraine
18. terminal moraine
19. recessional moraine
20. medial moraine
21. kame
22. esker
23. kettle lake
24. periglacial processes
25. permafrost
26. active layer
27. talik
28. pingo
29. glacial period
30. interglacial period
31. Laurentide ice sheet
32. Milankovitch Theory (Cycle)
33. ocean
34. sea
35. gulf

36. bay
37. Salinity
38. brine
39. brackish
40. eustatic change
41. fjord
42. ria
43. waves
44. surf
45. tsunami
46. littoral process
47. longshore current
48. longshore drift
49. beach drift
50. sea arch
51. sea stack
52. wave-cut platform (terrace)
53. depositional coastline
54. beach
55. spit
56. tombolo
57. baymouth bar
58. barrier island
59. coral reef
60. sea wall
61. revetment
62. beach nourishment
63. jetty
64. rainshadow
65. playa
66. eolian
67. drought
68. Dust Bowl
69. Saharan Dust Events
70. loess
71. desertification
72. Sahel
II. Be able to answer the following questions:
1. Describe how a glacier is formed. How can glacial ice be divided into years?

2. Explain how glacier move
3. Why are glaciers in the Pacific Northwest growing?
4. Name and describe the 2 types of glacial drift
5. Why would people living on permafrost have to build their homes on stilts?
6. How are oxygen isotopes used to reconstruct glaciations?
7. What are the 5 causes of glaciation?
8. Name the 5 oceans
9. Explain how the tides work
10. What cause the 2011 Japanese earthquake?
11. What is the purpose of a barrier island?
12. Name and describe the 3 types of coral reefs
13. All questions from movie sheets
14. Name the 3 factors that influence arid climates
15. Why are wind-based processes important in deserts?
16. Name and describe the 2 types of wind erosion
III. Diagram
1. Illustrate a beach cross section. Include the following terms in your diagram: dunes, beach ridge, offshore ridge, backshore, foreshore, offshore
2. Illustrate depositional landforms. Include the following terms in your diagram: lagoon, bay, spit, Barrier Island, tombolo, baymouth bar