CE 2204 | SCI 405 GEOLOGY

Reporting | Seatwork

Group 1: Coastal Zone and Processes

1. The line that marks the contact between land and sea.
A. Borderline
B. Shoreline
C. Coastline
D. Frontline

2. It is a ridge of sand that connects an island to the mainland or to another island, forms in
much the same manner as a spit.
A. tombolo
B. barrier island
C. Sea arches
D. Bay mouth bars

3. Adding the counterclockwise rotation of wind and direction of hurricane, how strong the
hurricane has been develop than usual?
A. 5- 10%
B. 10 - 5%
C. 5 - 15 %
D. 10 - 15 %

4. Which type of coast is formed when the land is uplifted relative to sea level?
A. Emergent coast
B. Submerged coast
C. Atlantic and Gulf Coasts
D. Pacific Coast

5. The following are the statements related to beach. Which is incorrect?

A. Beaches are composed of whatever material is locally abundant.
B. Beach is an accumulation of sediment found along the landward margin of a water
body.
C. Beaches are relatively flat platforms composed of sand that is marked by a change in
slope at the seaward edge.
D. The material that comprises a beach does not stay in one place.

Quiz Link:
https://forms.gle/KYj9cErZkss1m1fq7

Link to view responses:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/11ZB0Jy1ooucEEcGRlb3TtkNxTfydc-EwLlzuF50nTzE/edit
Group 2: Mass Movement
1. What is the process in the formation of new landscapes or topographic features that comes
before mass wasting?
Answer: WEATHERING

2. As the soil _________ and __________, it moves downhill in a slow, continuous manner. It is
the factor that contribute to creep.
Answer: EXPANDS AND CONTRACTS

3. It is the downward sliding of a mass of rock or unconsolidated material moving as a unit along
a curved path.
A. Slump
B. Debris Flow
C. Rockslides
D. Slump
ANSWER: A. SLUMP

4. Material that is solid and tightly bound.

A. Translational
B. Consolidated
C. Rotational
D. Unconsolidated
ANSWER: B. CONSOLIDATED

It means to be at rest.
A. Stable
B. Steepen
C. Reposen
D. All of the above
ANSWER: C. REPOSEN

Link to view responses:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/10y3MpbZxrxwbygNs6YIq9hm80_DvgRyvQeZnVik8BBE/edi
t
Group 3: Ice and Glaciers

1. When the glacier moves over an irregular terrain, the zone of fracture is subjected to
tension, resulting in cracks called?

A. firn
B. glacier
 C. crevasses
D. zone of fracture

2. What is an all-embracing term for sediments of glacial origin, no matter how, where, or in
what shape they were deposited?

A. Glacial Drift
B. Glacial Erosion
C. Glacial Deposit
D. Moraines

3. These are very large, unconfined thick masses of glacial ice flowing outward in all
directions.

A. Ice Sheets
B. Alpine Glaciers
C. Piedmont Glaciers
D. Ice Caps

4. The following are the causes of ice age except:

A. Earth’s Relativity
B. Glacial Deposit
C. Plate Tectonics
D. Eccentricity

5. This happens as the ice, and the rock fragments it carries, slide over bedrock.

A. Abrasion
B. Glacial Striation
C. Plucking
D. Cirques

Quiz link to view responses: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Z6hl

ixtqvULkULHuZzk6XYkEs_rCqKqnOz9iNkqXxY/edit
Group 4: Desert and Wind

1. What are the two types of Wind Erosion?

A. Ventifacts and Yardangs
B. Desert Pavement and Blowouts
C. Deflation and Abrasion
D. Abrasion and Desert Pavement

2. The following are factors of dune movement except

A. availability of sand
 B. size and shape of the dune
C. wind direction and strength
D. wind speed and direction

3. What do you call to streams that carry water in response to specific episodes of rainfall?
A. Perennial Stream
B. Intermittent Stream
C. Meandering Stream
D. Ephemeral Stream

4. The following are the features that can be seen in the evolution of desert landscape in Basin
and Range EXCEPT:
A. Inselberg
B. Alluvial plans
C. Bajada
D. Playa lakes

5. What do you call a climate in which yearly precipitation is not great as the potential loss of
water by evaporation?
A. Tropical climate
B. Dry climate
C. Continental climate
D. Poral climate
E. Temperate climate

Quiz link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScPCbW_9UNk_-
qLB3EXe2KX6LRLMdIyMG8d5VjJ4jJNDxeThg/viewform?usp=sf_link

Link to view responses:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1e1VhtGWH8zrb0f633CnNmPMmoHv6DXYdnLgUWGNAa
OM/edit
Group 5: Climate

1. It refers to the long-term patterns of temperature, precipitation, wind, and other

atmospheric conditions in a specific region.
a. Climate
b. Weather
c. Climate Change
d. Weathering

2. How many tons of ice are melting every year due to global warming?
a. 750 billion
b. 750 trillion
c. 750 million
d. 750 quadrillion
 3. The fraction of total radiation that is reflected by a surface.
a. Short-wave
b. Long-wave
c. Albedo
d. heating

4. These are complex simulations that attempt to replicate the Earth's climate system by
incorporating various environmental factors.
a. Station Circulation Models
b. General Circulation Models
c. Climate Feedback
d. Mechanism Meter
e. Climate Defense Mechanism

5. Kind of aerosol that absorbs incoming solar radiation and warms the atmosphere.
a. Black carbon
b. Dust
c. Organic carbon
d. Nitrates

Quiz link: https://forms.gle/hx1C5HUc5E2omWXy8

Quiz link to view responses:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1macuonx2nsRSbAncC_Vecg8yCgILsjmFfwVbAYe-jHE/edit