Landforms Quiz

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What are landforms together known as in the landscape?

Geomorphology

Topography (correct)

Geography

Cartography

Which physical attributes are used to categorize landforms?

Climate, elevation, and orientation

Elevation, slope, and rock exposure

Vegetation, climate, and soil type

Orientation, structure stratification, and soil type (correct)

What are examples of shoreline features mentioned in the text?

Valleys, plateaux, and ridges

Lakes, rivers, and canyons

Bays, peninsulas, and seas (correct)

Mountains, hills, and cliffs

Which of the following is not a gross physical feature or landform mentioned in the text?

Ponds Signup and view all the answers

What are the characteristics used to differentiate various kinds of inland and oceanic waterbodies and sub-surface features?

Depth, temperature, and salinity Signup and view all the answers

How is slope often calculated?

As a ratio of 'rise' to 'run' Signup and view all the answers

What does a larger number in slope calculation indicate?

Higher or steeper degree of 'tilt' Signup and view all the answers

What are grades typically used for?

Human-made surfaces such as roads, landscape grading, roof pitches, railroads, aqueducts Signup and view all the answers

What does the grade refer to?

The longitudinal slope or the perpendicular cross slope Signup and view all the answers

What is the grade a special case of?

Slope Signup and view all the answers

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What are landforms together known as in the landscape?

Which physical attributes are used to categorize landforms?

What are examples of shoreline features mentioned in the text?

Which of the following is not a gross physical feature or landform mentioned in the text?

What are the characteristics used to differentiate various kinds of inland and oceanic waterbodies and sub-surface features?

How is slope often calculated?

What does a larger number in slope calculation indicate?

What are grades typically used for?

What does the grade refer to?

What is the grade a special case of?

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