GEOG 1113: Landforms
Spring 2010
I. Identify the following terms:
1. plate convergence
2. collision
3. subduction
4. orogenesis
5. orogeny
6. oceanic-continental collision
7. oceanic-oceanic collision
8. continental-continental collision
9. earthquake
10. fault
11. focus
12. epicenter
13. seismograph
14. richter scale
15. fault
16. normal fault
17. reverse fault
18. strike-slip fault
19. overtrust fault
20. volcano
21. hot spot
22. geyser
23. caldera
24. physical weathering
25. chemical weathering
26. mass wasting
27. solifluction
28. mud flow
29. debris flow
30. slump
31. debris slide
32. soil creep
33. rockfall
34. avalanche
35. Aquiclude
36. Aquifer
37. Evapotranspiration
38. Infiltration
39. Percolation
40. Water table
41. Hygroscopic
Exam 2 Study Guide
42. Ogallala Aquifer
43. Center-point irrigation
44. Drawdown
45. Artesian wells
46. Artesian spring
47. Cone of depression
48. Salt-water intrusion
49. Subsidence
50. Karst
51. Cave
52. Cavern
53. Sinkhole
54. Perennial streams
55. Ephemeral streams
56. Drainage basin
57. Drainage divide
58. Tributary
59. Trunk stream
60. Confluence
61. Drainage density
62. Stream ordering
63. Stream hydrology
64. Stream hydrograph
65. Base flow
66. Flood stage
67. Return period
68. Erosional landforms
69. Depositional landforms
70. Splash erosion
71. Meandering stream
72. Braided stream
73. Aggradation
74. Degradation
75. Base level
76. Knickpoints
77. Cutbank
78. Pointbar
79. Oxbow lake
80. Natural levee
81. Backswamp
82. Alluvial terrace
83. Alluvial fan
84. Delta
85. 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 3 types of physical 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 formation of crust. Include the following in your illustration: subduction,
convergent plate boundary, divergent plate boundary, oceanic ridge
2. 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
3. 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.
4. Illustrate a small drainage basin. Include the following in your illustration: drainage
divide, tributary, confluence, trunk stream.
5. Illustrate a floodplain. Include the following terms in you illustration: cutbank, pointbar,
meandering stream, oxbow lake, alluvial terrace, natural levee, backswamp,
floodplain.