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Exam3Review
MountainsandBasins
WhydosomeareasoftheEarthhavehighelevation?
Whataresomewaystothickenthecrust?
Whataresomewaystodecreaseelevation?
Wheredobasinsform?
RiverSystems
• Whatarethecomponentsofariversystem?
• Howdoriversandvalleyschangedownstream?
o #oftributariesandtributarylength?
o Gradient?
o Channelsize/shape?
o Valleysize?
• Describe/drawthethreechannelshapes.
• Knowthefivevariablesofriversystemsandbeabletodescribedetailsabout
eachone:
o Discharge
o Gradient
o Velocity
§ Howdoesvelocityvarywithinastreamchannel?
§ Howdoesvelocityvaryinabendofameanderingchannel?
o Streamload
§ Whatarethethreetypesofload?
o Whatistherelationshipbetweenvelocityandbaselevel?
• Whataresomedepositionallandformscreatedbyrivers?
o Whatisadeltaandhowdoesitform?
Groundwater
• Whatisgroundwater?
o Whyisitsignificant?
o Whereisgroundwaterstored?
• Whatisporosity?
o Whatistherelationshipbetweengrainsizeandporosity?
o Whatistherelationshipbetweenfracturedensityandporosity?
o Whataresomeexamplesofrockswithhighporosity?
• Whatispermeability?
o Whatistherelationshipbetweengrainsizeandpermeability?
o Whatistherelationshipbetweengrainshape/poreshapeand
permeability?
o Whataresomeexamplesofrockswithlowpermeability?
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Whatisanaquifer?
o Whataretheporosity/permeabilitycharacteristicsofanaquifer?
Whatisawatertable?
Whatisanaquatard?
Beabletodescribe/drawanunconfinedaquiferandlabelallofthemajor
features(saturatedzone,aeratedzone,watertable,aquitard).
Beabletoidentify/describe/drawaconfinedaquiferandlabelallofthe
majorfeatures(aquitards,aquifer).
Whathappenstothewatertablewhenwaterwellsdischargewaterfrom
anaquifer?
Glaciers
• Whatareglaciers?
o Howdoglaciersform?
o Howdoglaciersmove?
o Describethetwotypesofglaciers.
• Howdoesflowratevarylaterally(fromsidetoside)andvertically(fromtop
tobottom)inaglacier?
• Howdothemechanicalpropertiesofaglacier(brittlevsductile)varywith
depth?
• Whataresomeofthewaysthatglacierserode?
o Whatfeaturesresultfromglacialerosion?
o Whattypeofsedimentisformedbyglacialweathering&erosion?
• Describesomeofthestructuresthatformwhenglaciersdepositsediment.
• Whatlandformsareassociatedwithvalleyglaciers?
• Whydoesclimatechangeovertime?
• BeabletodescribetheGreenhouseEffect.
• Comparerecentclimatechange(overthelast50-100years)toclimate
changeovergeologictimescales.
Landslides&Shorelines(willbecoveredonWednesday,4/26)
• Whataresomefactorsthatinfluenceslopefailure?
o Whatarethetypesofmassmovement?
• Whatcausestides?
• Whatcauseswaves?
• Whataresomelandformsthatresultfromcoastalerosion?
• Whataresomedepositionallandformsofshorelines?
• Describethemaincharacteristicsofanerosionalcoastline.
• Describethemaincharacteristicsofadepositionalcoastline.
• Whatistherelationshipbetweentectonicsettingandcoastlinefeatures?