What type of mountain glacier originates in small alpine basins?
A. highland icefields
B. alpine glaciers
C. valley glaciers
D. cirque glaciers
E. basin icefields
Question 2What type of mountain glaciers are large unconfined sheets of ice found only in a few
high-mountain areas today?
A. highland icefields
B. alpine glaciers
C. valley glaciers
D. sheet glaciers
E. continental ice sheets
Question 3What is necessary for a mass of ice to be considered a glacier?
A. located in a polar region
B. ice that moves or flows
C. located in a sloping area
D. ice that is hard compacted
E. located only in inland areas
Question 4Due to the widely varying, dry terrain, portions of South Dakota are what type of terrain?
A. mesa-and-scarp
B. basin-and-range
C. erg
D. reg
E. badland
Question 5What is the process by which groundwater erodes soluble material from scarp?
A. pinnacling
B. mesa formation
C. scarring
D. sapping
E. tabling
Question 6Based on its stair-step pattern of landform assemblage, the Grand Canyon is an example of what type of desert terrain?
A. erg
B. basin-and-range
C. hamada
D. playa
E. mesa-and-scarp
Question 7What landform usually forms in the lowest portions of a basin between two ranges?
A. alluvial fans
B. piedmont
C. scarp
D. playa
E. bajada
Question 8Based on its alluvium characteristics and surrounding landforms, Death Valley is a common example what type of desert terrain?
A. erg
B. basin-and-range
C. hamada
D. playa
E. mesa-and-scarp
Question 9What type of desert can desert varnish, a shiny coating of iron and manganese oxides, most commonly be found?
A. erg
B. reg
C. seif
D. hamada
E. basin
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