Contour lines on a map connect points of equal
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Contours show equal elevation.
English • physical-geography
Last updated on 2026-02-07
Three 10-question bundles from our Geography Physical Geography quiz library.
Bundle 1
Bundle ID: 1100000019
Contour lines on a map connect points of equal
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Contours show equal elevation.
Closely spaced contour lines indicate
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Close contours show steep slopes.
A V-shaped contour pattern that points upstream indicates
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V-shaped contours point upstream in valleys.
A closed contour with hachures indicates
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Hachures indicate a depression.
A topographic map's contour interval is the
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Contour interval is the elevation change per line.
The process that builds deltas and floodplains is
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Deposition builds deltas and floodplains.
The term for wind-carried dust deposits is
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Loess is wind-deposited silt.
Aeolian refers to processes related to
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Aeolian means wind-related.
A yardang is
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Yardangs are wind-carved ridges.
A loess plateau forms mainly from
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Loess plateaus are built of wind-blown silt.
Bundle 2
Bundle ID: 1100000020
Sea level rise due to warming oceans is
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Warming water expands and raises sea level.
The zone of rapid salinity change is the
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Haloclines mark rapid salinity changes.
The minimum oxygen layer in the ocean is called the
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The oxygen minimum zone has the lowest oxygen.
The region of the ocean where sunlight penetrates for photosynthesis is the
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The photic zone receives enough light for photosynthesis.
The deepest ocean trenches are found at
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Trenches form at subduction zones.
A coral atoll forms from
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Atolls form as volcanic islands subside.
A fringing reef lies
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Fringing reefs border the shore.
A barrier reef is separated from land by a
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Barrier reefs are separated from land by lagoons.
The term for ocean floor sediments rich in microscopic shells is
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Ooze is made of microscopic shells.
The deepest part of the ocean floor is the
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Trenches are the deepest seafloor features.
Bundle 3
Bundle ID: 1100000021
The greenhouse effect is mainly due to
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Greenhouse gases absorb infrared radiation.
The most important greenhouse gas by concentration is
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Water vapor is the most abundant greenhouse gas.
An inversion layer
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Inversions have temperature increasing with height.
Land heats and cools
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Land changes temperature faster than water.
Sea breezes blow
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Daytime sea breezes blow onshore.
Land breezes blow
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Nighttime land breezes blow offshore.
Orographic precipitation occurs when
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Air forced up mountains cools and precipitates.
Rain shadow deserts form
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Leeward sides receive less rain.
The adiabatic process involves
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Adiabatic changes occur without heat transfer.
A chinook is a
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Chinooks are warm downslope winds.
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