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1where does the ocean's salt come from?
- Afertilizer
- Bdissolved minerals from continents
- Cunderwater volcanos
2A scientist samples water from a stream to measure the amount of salt in the water. This person is sampling the stream's...
- ABed load
- Bdissolved load
- Csuspended load
- Dstream load
3A rock with high porosity and high permeability would be best described as...
- Aan aquitard
- Ban aquifer
4A ridge that separates water that flows into two different streams...
- Adischarge
- Bwater shed
- Cdivide
5The highest high tide of the month is called...
- Aneap
- Bfall
- Cspring
6Particles that roll and slide along the river bottom are called....
- Astream load
- Bdissolved load
- Cbed load
- Dsuspended load
7The percentage of pore spaces in a rock
- AVoid space
- Bporosity
8Which of the following is NOT a way a stream transports its load of sediment
- ASuspension
- BAbraision
- CSolution
9The upper limit of the zone of saturated rock is called...
- AAquifer
- BWater table
- CAquitard
10A watershed is...
- Athe lowest level a river can erode
- Bthe total area drained by a stream and its tributaries
- Ca lake or ocean into which a river drains
11The earliest measurements of the depth of the sea floor were done using....
- Aradar
- Bsonar
- Ca length of rope with a weight
12Stream eroison and deposition are controlled primarily by a river's....
- Adischarge
- Bgradient
13Which factors most directly control the development of soils?
- AEarthquake intensity
- BSoil particle sizes
- CV=Bedrock composition and climate characteristics
14The flat ocean floor in the middle of the ocean, far from shore, is called....
- AContinental rise
- BAbyssal Plain
- CContinental shelf
15which soil horizon contains the highest percentage of organic matter?
- AA horizon
- BB horizon
16Which list of events are in order from oldest to youngest?
- AHumans, Mammals, Fish,Shells, Reptiles, Bacteria
- BShells, fish, reptiles, mammals, bacteria, humans
- CBacteria, shells, fish, reptiles, mammals, humans
17Which is not a difference between alpine and continental glaciers?
- AAgent of erosion
- BThickness of ice
- Ctotal volume of ice
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- Quiz on Geology 2, created by Hannah Corner on 08/12/2018.
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