Landforms Study Guide for Exam 2

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  • Question 1: What is karst? What is it? Where does it form (what conditions do you need to form karst)?
    • How do sinkholes form?
    • How can stalactites tell about climate?
  • Question 2: Draw a diagram showing a divergent continental plate margin.
  • Question 3: Draw a diagram showing the formation of desert pavement? Give a short description of the process.
  • Question 4: How would you distinguish a mountainous glacial landscape from a mountainous fluvial landscape just by looking at it. What would you look for?
  • Question 5: Describe the landforms you will find on a glacial depositional landscape.
  • Question 6: Are winds more or less likely to show laminar flow than water? Explain why.
  • Question 7: Why do alluvial fans have the shape they do? (lobe, avulsion, desert varnish)
  • Question 8: Sketch 3 different drainage patterns. Order the streams on one of the sketches.
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