Flach Cards Collections
Chapter 14 Deserts
bajada, blowouts, deflation, desert pavement, Deserts, dune, pediment, plateaus, playa lakes, playas, saltation
2011-04-28 • 11 Cards
GLG101- Glaciers and Deserts
Ablation, Abrasion, Alpine glacier, Arète, Bajada, Barchan dune, Basal slip, Blowout, Calving, Cirque, Col, Crevasse, Cross-bedding, Deflation, Desert pavement
2011-04-28 • 72 Cards
Geog Bowl - Mts. deserts 21-41
Appalachian Mountains, Asia, Atacama Desert, Big Muddy, bighorns, Dead Sea, English Channel, glaciers, gobi desert, Himalayas, Italy, Mt. Everest, night, Nile, North America
2011-04-28 • 21 Cards
Geog Bowl - Mts. deserts1-20
Alps, Andes Mountain Range, Appalachian Mountains, Atlas Mountains, cactus, Caspian Sea, Colorado River, headwaters, Hudson River, Itaipu Dam, Lake Baikal, Russia, Mexico, Mt. Vesuvius, Nile, north
2011-04-28 • 20 Cards
Middle East Deserts and Mountains
Arabian Desert, Mesopotamia, Sinai Desert, Syrian Desert, Taurus Mountains, The Fertile Crescent, Zagros Mountains
2011-04-28 • 7 Cards
los postres
el chocolate, el helado, el helado de chocolate, el helado de fresa, el helado de vainilla, la torta, las galletas, los dulces, los pasteles, los postres
2011-04-28 • 10 Cards
World Deserts
Atacama, Australian, Gobi, Kalahari, North American, Patagonian, Sahara, Thar
2011-04-28 • 8 Cards
Natural History (Deserts)
_______ ________ holds the record for the longest dry period in the United States., ________ is a lake formed in the desert due to pluvial periods, __________ isolate interior desert basins from coastal moisture (rain shadow effect)., A ______ is a dry lake bed, Badwater, Death Valley is located in the ______ ____., Desert definition, Desert soils are high in _______. Like ______ & _____., Deserts cover ___% of the earth's land area. The largest desert is the ______ in ______ and the driest is ______ in ________, Explain the problem with the Glen Canyon Dam, Explain the relationship between the Yucca plant & pronuba moth, Features of global atmospheric circulation produce _________, ________ & low ________ in these areas., Flash floods occur in the desert because...., Name the 4 American Deserts, The _____ _____ is the hottest, dryest portions of the North American deserts
2011-04-28 • 29 Cards
Drinks and deserts
el agua, el café, el helado, el jugo/ el zumo, el pastel, el refresco, el té, el vino, la cerveza, la galleta, la leche, la torta
2011-04-28 • 12 Cards
Glaciers, Deserts, and Wind
basal slip, cirque, drumlins, end moraine, eskers, Glacial Budget, glacial drift, glacial trough, Glacier, Ice Age, Ice age affects on drainage, Ice sheets, kettles, moraine, plastic flow
2011-04-28 • 21 Cards
GWGvoc deserts!!! o7
a salt crust is formed, acacia tree, alfalfa, almonds, artesian well, barrel-shaped, basin, cacti, cactus, centre-pivot sprinkler, chalk, clay, crack, daily contrasts in temperature, date palm
2011-04-28 • 77 Cards
Glaciers & Deserts
Abrasion, Advancing, Arete, Arroyo, Bajada, Barchan Dunes, Cirque, Continental Glacier, Crevasses, Deflation, Drumlin, Ductile Zone, Erg, Esker, Ground Moraine
2011-04-28 • 46 Cards
Lecture 21 Wind Action and Deserts
A mushroom-shaped landform consisting of a column of less resistant rock supporting a broader extent of wind-resistant rock is termed a ____________. a. blowout b. ventifact c. wadi d. yardang, A rock that has been abraded by windborne particles on multiple faces, forming a sharp edge in between, is termed a ____________. a. blowout b. ventifact c. wadi d. yardang, A(n) ____________ is a wedge of sand and gravel deposited by distributary channels that arise when an ephemeral stream reaches a plain at the base of a slope. a. alluvial fan b. ventifact c. wadi d. yardang, An arroyo is a steep-sided valley produced by ____________. a. normal faulting b. wind erosion c. scouring erosion by water and sediment during flash floods d. cliff retreat, As compared to humid climates, rates of chemical weathering in deserts are ____________. a. much faster b. much slower c. very similar, Desert climate associated with a rain shadow is found ____________. a. on the windward side of mountain ranges b. on the leeward side of mountain ranges c. in the middle of flat plains d. along continental coastlines, Deserts in coastal regions are most likely to be found where the currents are ____________. a. warm b. cold c. headed toward the east d. headed toward the west, During heavy rainstorms, rates of physical weathering and erosion are ____________. a. greater in humid climates than in deserts, because dry desert soils can soak up all of the available moisture b. greater in deserts than in humid climates, because ve, In most deserts, the scarcity of rainfall means that most of the physical weathering and erosion is accomplished by the wind. a. true b. false, Most regions that are now deserts have _____________. a. been deserts throughout the geologic past b. experienced other climates in the geologic past, Saltation of sand involves ____________. a. spherical grains rolling along the surface of dunes b. grains hopping into the air, traveling for a short distance, and returning to the ground c. grains being carried long distances (up to tens of kilometers, Some of the physiographic features that cause extreme aridity may be found together within a single desert, but the deserts found in the western United States are primarily due to being located ____________. a. in the subtropics b. within the rain shado, The Atacama of Chile is a desert primarily because it is located ____________. a. in the subtropics b. near the geographic South Pole c. near the center of a large continent d. next to a cold ocean current, The geometry of sand dunes is strongly influenced by ____________. a. the strength of the wind b. the consistency of wind direction c. the abundance of sand d. all of the above, The Gobi of Mongolia is a desert primarily because it is located ____________. a. in the subtropics b. near the geographic South Pole c. near the center of a large continent d. next to a cold ocean current
2011-04-28 • 18 Cards