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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?

<p>Ponds (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Depth, temperature, and salinity (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How is slope often calculated?

<p>As a ratio of 'rise' to 'run' (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does a larger number in slope calculation indicate?

<p>Higher or steeper degree of 'tilt' (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are grades typically used for?

<p>Human-made surfaces such as roads, landscape grading, roof pitches, railroads, aqueducts (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the grade refer to?

<p>The longitudinal slope or the perpendicular cross slope (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the grade a special case of?

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

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