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How does wind transport particles through an arid landscape?
What type of landform is desert pavement?
Which process leads to the formation of ventifacts?
In what ways can particles be transported by wind?
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What type of landforms can be formed by deposition due to decreased wind speed?
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Where does deposition occur in a desert landscape?
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What is the term used to describe the downward movement of water to the saturated zone at depth?
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Which process involves the movement of water in the zone of saturated ground towards rivers, lakes, and seas?
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What is the term for the cycle of events involving precipitation on land, infiltration, ground-water flow, and evaporation?
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Where does the majority of ground-water come from in engineering construction?
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What is the term used for the process where water is returned to the land as clouds of water vapor?
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How much of all the water presently involved in the hydrological cycle is contained in seas and oceans?
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What is the main cause of flooding when it rains at a rate exceeding the soil's infiltration capacity?
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In which type of soil is water infiltration most readily found?
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What happens to infiltration once the voids within the ground are full of water?
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Which geological features facilitate water infiltration into the ground?
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What term is used to describe the downward movement of water through soil or rock layers underground?
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Which of the following is considered one of the fastest earth processes according to the text?
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How does percolation contribute to replenishing groundwater?
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From a human standpoint, which process is slow but relatively quick on the geologic time scale, according to the text?
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What type of processes occur on a microscopic scale according to the text?
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Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a global-scale process in the text?
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What type of earth process affects the entire planet?
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What process occurs when waves and currents wear away the land, removing sediment and rock particles from the coastline?
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Which mechanism of erosion involves the chemical dissolution of minerals along the coastline?
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Which process listed below is classified as a regional process according to the text?
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What type of material makes coastline more vulnerable to erosion by the sea?
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Which transportation method involves sediment being dissolved in the water as it moves along the coast?
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What coastal feature can erosion by the sea create over time as a result of sediment removal?
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In which stage do sediment and rock particles settle out of the water and accumulate on the seafloor or along the coast?
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