Geology 200, Questions for Test 3, December 13

A depositional feature formed from coalescing alluvial fans along the base of a mountain range is:
A. a peneplain
B. a pediment
C. a playa
D. a bajada
E. a monadnock
Which of the following features is not formed on a domal uplift?
A. cuestas
B. faceted spurs
C. strike valleys
D. hogbacks
Which of the following is not a landform associated with the evolution of horizontal strata in an arid
region?
A. butte
B. mesa
C. strike valley
D. cliffs and slopes
Rates of erosion:
A. are usually much greater than rates of uplift on the continents
B. increase during periods of rapid tectonic uplift
C. increase in the late stages of erosion of a mountain belt
D. are independent of the amount of uplift
Dendritic drainage patterns, broad domes, and basins are characteristic of a continent’s:
A. stable platforms
B. shields
C. folded mountain belts
D. magmatic arcs
Karst topography forms in what type of climate?
A. humid
B. desert
C. polar
D. all of the above
The continental shields consist mostly of:
A. metamorphic and igneous rocks
B. remnants of ancient oceanic crust
C. Phanerozoic sedimentary rocks
D. Precambrian sandstones
The formation of the Basin and Range is believed to be the result of:
A. motion caused by plate rotation
B. compression forces caused by plate collision
C. extensional forces and rifting
D. fractures caused by igneous intrusion
The coastal plains of the United States usually have the following landforms:
A. cuestas and strike valleys
B. buttes and mesas
C. inverted valleys
D. lowlands and mesas
Matching: Use each answer only once.
Differential erosion ____ A. mesas and buttes capped by old lava flows
Dendritic drainage ____ B. erosional remnant of resistant flat strata
Hogback ____ C. erosional remnant of tilted strata
Inverted valley ____ D. develops on stable platform
Mesa ____ E. produces ridges and valleys
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