GEOG 1113: Landforms
Summer 2010
I. Identify the following terms:
1. earthquake
2. fault
3. focus
4. epicenter
5. P-waves
6. S-waves
7. seismograph
8. Richter scale
9. fault
10. normal fault
11. reverse fault
12. strike-slip fault
13. overtrust fault
14. pyroclastics
15. lahar
16. volcano
17. hot spot
18. Pacific Ring of Fire
19. Ash field
20. Silicosis
21. Volcanic ash
22. Seamount
23. Supervolcano
24. geyser
25. caldera
26. physical (mechanical) weathering
27. chemical weathering
28. differential weathering
29. mass wasting
30. solifluction
31. mud flow
32. debris flow
33. slump
34. debris slide
35. soil creep
36. rockfall
37. avalanche
38. Aquiclude
39. Aquifer
40. Evapotranspiration
41. Infiltration
Exam 2 Study Guide
42. Percolation
43. Water table
44. Hygroscopic
45. Ogallala Aquifer
46. Center-point irrigation
47. Drawdown
48. Artesian wells
49. Artesian spring
50. Cone of depression
51. Salt-water intrusion
52. Subsidence
53. Karst
54. Cave
55. Cavern
56. Sinkhole
57. Perennial streams
58. Ephemeral streams
59. Drainage basin
60. Drainage divide
61. Tributary
62. Trunk stream
63. Confluence
64. Drainage density
65. Stream ordering
66. Stream hydrology
67. Stream hydrograph
68. Base flow
69. Flood stage
70. Return period
71. Erosional landforms
72. Depositional landforms
73. Splash erosion
74. Meandering stream
75. Braided stream
76. Aggradation
77. Degradation
78. Base level
79. Knickpoints
80. Cutbank
81. Pointbar
82. Oxbow lake
83. Natural levee
84. Backswamp
85. Alluvial terrace
86. Alluvial fan
87. Delta
88. Dam
II. Short Answer:
1. Name and describe the 3 types of volcanoes.
2. Name the 3 areas where volcanoes can be found on Earth.
3. Name and describe the 2 primary types of weathering
4. Name and describe the 5 types of physical (mechanical) weathering
5. Name and describe the 4 types of chemical weathering
6. Explain what is causing drawdown in the Ogallala Aquifer.
7. Give 3 sources of groundwater contamination.
8. Where can karst landforms be found?
9. What are the 3 sources of stream water?
10. Name and describe the 4 primary drainage patterns we discussed in class.
11. Explain stream ordering. What happens when 2 order 1 streams meet? When 2 order 2
streams meet? When an order 1 and order 2 stream meet?
12. Why would stream discharge vary with season?
13. If you live on the 100-year floodplain, what is the likelihood that your house will flood
this year?
14. Explain why the upper Midwest is prone to flooding by the Mississippi River.
15. Explain the difference between a gully, canyon, rill, and ravine.
16. Give 2 examples of depositional landforms and 2 examples of erosional landforms.
17. Name and describe the 3 ways streams carry sediments.
18. Explain the difference between a meandering stream and a braided stream.
19. Why is Niagara Falls retreating?
20. Explain the importance of alluvial fans to western cities.
21. Why are deltas zones of intense sediment deposition?
22. How do artificial levees impact modern river systems?
23. How does urbanization impact flood events
24. Name 3 pros and 3 cons of dams.
III. Diagrams:
1. Illustrate the fate of precipitation on soil (The Groundwater Model). Include the
following terms in your illustration: evapotranspiration, runoff, infiltration,
percolation, groundwater, water table, saturated zone, unsaturated zone
2. Illustrate the relationship between Aquifers and Aquicludes. Include the following terms
in your illustration: aquifer, aquiclude, water table, bedrock, saturated zone,
unsaturated zone, recharge area.
3. Illustrate a small drainage basin. Include the following in your illustration: drainage
divide, tributary, confluence, trunk stream.
4. Illustrate a floodplain. Include the following terms in you illustration: cutbank, pointbar,
meandering stream, oxbow lake, alluvial terrace, natural levee, backswamp,
floodplain.