Questions. Choose 1 option from the list below.
1. Sketch and explain the differences in a glacier above and below the equilibrium line (11.2).
2. Sketch and explain the landforms produced by alpine glaciation (11.4).
3. Sketch and explain why a wave rises and breaks as it reaches shallow water, and sketch and explain why waves bend as they approach the shore at an angle (11.11).
4. Sketch and describe how waves move sand and other sediment on a beach (11.12).
5. Sketch and explain the hydrologic cycle, summarizing the processes that shift water from one part to another (12.1).
6. Sketch three types of drainage patterns and discuss what controls each type (12.3).
7. Sketch and describe how a stream transports solid and dissolved material (12.4).
8. Sketch and describe the difference between gradient, low-sinuosity, and high-sinuosity (meandering) stream (12.6).
9. Sketch and describe the typical geometry of the water table beneath a hill and a valley, showing the direction of groundwater flow (12.12).
10. Sketch and label the before-and-after development of a cone of depression in cross section, describing how it forms and which way groundwater flows (12.14A). Also sketch and describe the before-and-after of how groundwater pumping can cause saltwater incursion into coastal wells (12.14C).
11. Use a sphere to depict and identify the main belts of winds encircling Earth. Include the Horse Latitudes and the Equatorial Doldrums on your sphere. (17.1A).
12. Sketch and describe a simple map showing the thermohaline conveyor, identifying locations of descending and upwelling water and explaining why these occur (17.7B).
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