NJIT PHYS 203 Exam #5 Questions with Correct
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a river drops by a distance of 100 feet over a
5 feet per mile horizontal distance of 20 miles. what is the river
gradient?
100% - naturally occurring, what percentage of all rain is acid rain
non-polluted rain is an
acid
advancing (glacial when the glacial terminus moves down a mountain
terminus)
load that is heavy enough that wind can only roll,
aeolian bed load
slide, or bounce it (sands)
aeolian load the sediments eroded by wind
aeolian processes the action of wind as a geomorphic agent
load that is small and light enough to be carried by
aeolian suspended load
the wind (silts)
the creation of a landscape or environment by a
aggradation
geomorphic agent
the domestication of plants and animals near a study
agriculture
supply of limnological water
- alfisols types of mature soils
- mollisols
, a giant mass of ice that sculpts entire mountains and
alpine glacier
valleys
andisols young soil that is volcanic ash
- andisols types of young soils
- aridsols
- gelisols
- histosols
- inceptisols
- vertisols
the maximum steepness that a hillside or
angle of repose mountainside can endure before gravity can finally
move regolith downward
a layer of rock that is highly porous and permeable to
aquifer
groundwater
a layer of rock that is highly nonporous and
aquitard
impermeable to groundwater
the arc of an inverted what is the shape of the path that gets you from point
cycloid (brachistochrone A to point B in the shortest amount of time, assuming
problem) gravity is acting on you?
a narrow and sharp ridge of mountains left behind by
arête
valleys degraded by glaciers
during low-sun season, tropical rainforests at the
arid
equator are more...
during summertime, hot deserts at 30 degrees
arid
latitude are more...
during nighttime seasons (wintertime), boreal forests
arid
at 60 degrees latitude are more...
aridsols young soil found in deserts that are arid/dry
results when groundwater shoots out of the ground
artesian well due to the buildup of pressure within a confined
aquifer
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Terms in this set (270)
a river drops by a distance of 100 feet over a
5 feet per mile horizontal distance of 20 miles. what is the river
gradient?
100% - naturally occurring, what percentage of all rain is acid rain
non-polluted rain is an
acid
advancing (glacial when the glacial terminus moves down a mountain
terminus)
load that is heavy enough that wind can only roll,
aeolian bed load
slide, or bounce it (sands)
aeolian load the sediments eroded by wind
aeolian processes the action of wind as a geomorphic agent
load that is small and light enough to be carried by
aeolian suspended load
the wind (silts)
the creation of a landscape or environment by a
aggradation
geomorphic agent
the domestication of plants and animals near a study
agriculture
supply of limnological water
- alfisols types of mature soils
- mollisols
, a giant mass of ice that sculpts entire mountains and
alpine glacier
valleys
andisols young soil that is volcanic ash
- andisols types of young soils
- aridsols
- gelisols
- histosols
- inceptisols
- vertisols
the maximum steepness that a hillside or
angle of repose mountainside can endure before gravity can finally
move regolith downward
a layer of rock that is highly porous and permeable to
aquifer
groundwater
a layer of rock that is highly nonporous and
aquitard
impermeable to groundwater
the arc of an inverted what is the shape of the path that gets you from point
cycloid (brachistochrone A to point B in the shortest amount of time, assuming
problem) gravity is acting on you?
a narrow and sharp ridge of mountains left behind by
arête
valleys degraded by glaciers
during low-sun season, tropical rainforests at the
arid
equator are more...
during summertime, hot deserts at 30 degrees
arid
latitude are more...
during nighttime seasons (wintertime), boreal forests
arid
at 60 degrees latitude are more...
aridsols young soil found in deserts that are arid/dry
results when groundwater shoots out of the ground
artesian well due to the buildup of pressure within a confined
aquifer
