Landform Development and Tectonics-Climate Link Quiz

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Which process is responsible for raising topography?

  • Uplift (correct)
  • Exhumation
  • Geomorphology
  • Denudation

What is the study of Earth's landforms called?

  • Uplift
  • Exhumation
  • Geomorphology (correct)
  • Denudation

Which type of uplift occurs along a convergent plate boundary?

  • Isostatic uplift
  • Exhumation
  • Collisional uplift (correct)
  • Denudation

What is the process of eroding topography called?

<p>Exhumation (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the transport of eroded material to another location?

<p>Denudation (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which process is responsible for the gradual exposure of subsurface rocks by stripping off the surface layers?

<p>Exhumation (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the gradual exposure of subsurface rocks by stripping off the surface layers?

<p>Exhumation (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the factors controlling uplift?

<p>All of the above (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of uplift forms along a convergent plate boundary?

<p>Collisional uplift (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the study of Earth's landforms called?

<p>Geomorphology (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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