Lesson 3.1.2.3
3.1.2.3 Arid landscape development in contrasting settings Quiz: AQA Geography, Unit 1
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Which crescent-shaped sand dune features horns pointing in the direction of the prevailing wind?
- Seif dune
- Star dune
- Transverse dune
- Barchan dune
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Which linear sand dune forms long ridges aligned parallel to the resultant wind direction?
- Seif dune
- Parabolic dune
- Transverse dune
- Barchan dune
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Which landform is a streamlined, wind-eroded rock ridge aligned parallel to the prevailing wind?
- Inselberg
- Zeugen
- Ventifact
- Yardang
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What desert surface consists of a flat, closely packed layer of coarse pebbles and stones?
- Desert pavement
- Playa
- Ventifact
- Yardang
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What term describes a stone or pebble shaped and faceted by wind-blown sand abrasion?
- Inselberg
- Yardang
- Ventifact
- Zeugen
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What term describes a desert ridge formed where hard cap rock covers softer rock?
- Yardang
- Barchan
- Ventifact
- Zeugen
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What is the term for a dry, ephemeral river channel in a desert?
- Pediment
- Wadi
- Bahada
- Playa
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What feature forms when multiple alluvial fans merge at a mountain base?
- Inselberg
- Pediment
- Playa
- Bahada
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What name is given to a gently sloping bedrock surface at a mountain foot?
- Wadi
- Pediment
- Playa
- Bahada
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What term describes a flat, dry lake bed in an endoreic desert basin?
- Bahada
- Wadi
- Playa
- Pediment
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What name is given to an isolated steep-sided rock hill rising from a plain?
- Yardang
- Zeugen
- Ventifact
- Inselberg
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What shallow desert depression is created when wind removes fine, loose sediment?
- Zeugen
- Yardang
- Deflation hollow
- Desert pavement
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Which of these desert landforms is primarily formed by fluvial action?
- Yardang
- Wadi
- Zeugen
- Barchan
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Which factor interacts with geomorphic processes over long periods to shape desert landscapes?
- Tides
- Time
- Vegetation
- Glaciation
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On which face of a barchan dune does sand avalanche down during migration?
- Stoss side
- Lee slope
- Windward slope
- Horns
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Which sand dune type forms parallel ridges under bidirectional wind regimes?
- Transverse dune
- Barchan dune
- Parabolic dune
- Seif dune
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Yardangs are created by wind abrasion carving into which type of material?
- Fine clay
- Loose sand
- Consolidated rock
- Deep water
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What term describes desert landforms preserved from past periods of wetter climate?
- Endoreic forms
- Aeolian landforms
- Relict features
- Active processes
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Which water process is key to cutting the flat surface of a pediment?
- Frost shattering
- Sheetwash
- Deflation
- Saltation
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Which landform features horizontal strata where a hard top layer protects softer rock?
- Barchan
- Seif
- Yardang
- Zeugen
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