GEOG1111 Questions and Answers with Verified Solutions | Latest
2026 Update
Q: solifluction
Answer:
the gradual movement of wet soil or other material down a slope, especially
where frozen subsoil acts as a barrier to the percolation of water; happens bc of the
thaw cycle
Q: Pleistocene Ice Age Epoch (causes)
Answer:
.variations in Earth's tilt and orbit
.variations in solar heating and atmospheric composition
.ocean currents and continental positions
Q: pluvial lakes
Answer:
a landlocked basin which fills with rain water during times of glaciation, when
precipitation is higher
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Q: CH 14 TEST QUESTION: something about what formed the pluvial lakes in the
US?
Answer:
(2) the jet stream was pushed farther south and the melting ice sheet (its E both a and
c)
Q: brine vs brackish
Answer:
brine= >3.5%
brackish= <3.5%
Q: salinity
Answer:
dissolved solids by volume, ocean is 35parts/million salt
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Q: physical structure of the ocean
Answer:
shallow zone is known as mixing zone; rapid decrease in
temp with depth
Q: thermocline
Answer:
transition zone, 1km thick with steep temp gradient and little mixing in the
ocean
Q: cold zone
Answer:
uniform salinity temp values at -0 degrees celcius
Q: inputs to the Costal System
Answer:
a.solar energy (climate and weather)
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Q: b.winds (ocean currents and waves)
Answer:
c.climate regimes (coastal geomorphology)
d.coastal geology (erosion/sediment production)
.human activities
Q: littoral zone
Answer:
area where depth of the water column is too deep for waves to pick up
sediment
Q: mean sea level (MSL)
Answer:
average surface level of the Earth's oceans from which elevation may
be measured
2026 Update
Q: solifluction
Answer:
the gradual movement of wet soil or other material down a slope, especially
where frozen subsoil acts as a barrier to the percolation of water; happens bc of the
thaw cycle
Q: Pleistocene Ice Age Epoch (causes)
Answer:
.variations in Earth's tilt and orbit
.variations in solar heating and atmospheric composition
.ocean currents and continental positions
Q: pluvial lakes
Answer:
a landlocked basin which fills with rain water during times of glaciation, when
precipitation is higher
,GEOG1111 Questions and Answers with Verified Solutions | Latest
2026 Update
Q: CH 14 TEST QUESTION: something about what formed the pluvial lakes in the
US?
Answer:
(2) the jet stream was pushed farther south and the melting ice sheet (its E both a and
c)
Q: brine vs brackish
Answer:
brine= >3.5%
brackish= <3.5%
Q: salinity
Answer:
dissolved solids by volume, ocean is 35parts/million salt
,GEOG1111 Questions and Answers with Verified Solutions | Latest
2026 Update
Q: physical structure of the ocean
Answer:
shallow zone is known as mixing zone; rapid decrease in
temp with depth
Q: thermocline
Answer:
transition zone, 1km thick with steep temp gradient and little mixing in the
ocean
Q: cold zone
Answer:
uniform salinity temp values at -0 degrees celcius
Q: inputs to the Costal System
Answer:
a.solar energy (climate and weather)
, GEOG1111 Questions and Answers with Verified Solutions | Latest
2026 Update
Q: b.winds (ocean currents and waves)
Answer:
c.climate regimes (coastal geomorphology)
d.coastal geology (erosion/sediment production)
.human activities
Q: littoral zone
Answer:
area where depth of the water column is too deep for waves to pick up
sediment
Q: mean sea level (MSL)
Answer:
average surface level of the Earth's oceans from which elevation may
be measured
