EAPS 112 - Chapter 17 Exam Questions & Answers 2023/2024
Which timeframe is marked by extensive glaciation as well as widespread tectonism and volcanism?
a. Pleistocene
b. Oligocene
c. Pliocene
d. Neogene
e. Paleogene - ANSWER-a. Pleistocene
Why is it difficult to interpret the terrestri...
EAPS 112 - Chapter 17 Exam Questions
& Answers 2023/2024
Which timeframe is marked by extensive glaciation as well as widespread tectonism and volcanism?
a. Pleistocene
b. Oligocene
c. Pliocene
d. Neogene
e. Paleogene - ANSWER-a. Pleistocene
Why is it difficult to interpret the terrestrial stratigraphy of glaciers?
a. Glaciers deposit, but don't erode sediments.
b. Glacial melt transports too much sediment away from the deposition site.
c. Previous advances and retreats obscure later advances and retreats.
d. Glaciers erode, but don't deposit sediments.
e. Too few glaciers exist today to provide a reliable comparative framework. - ANSWER-c. Previous
advances and retreats obscure later advances and retreats
Lake Bonneville was a large Pleistocene ________ lake. At the present time, all that remains of it is
________ .
a. pluvial; the Great Salt Lake
b. proglacial; the Great Salt Lake
c. proglacial; Lake Erie
d. pluvial; Powell Lake
e. pluvial; Lake Erie - ANSWER-a. pluvial, the Great Salt Lake
One legacy of the Pleistocene is that areas formerly covered by thick glaciers are ________ in elevation
due to isostatic ________ .
a. rising; recoil
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