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Lake Coastline Hydrology Exam

• Aquatic Science

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1. Which body of water has the greatest retention
time?

1. Mississippi River
2. Lake Conroe
3. Seals Gully
4. Lake Superior
5. Lake Vostok

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2. When is water in a lake least mixed?

1. Spring
2. Summer
3. Fall
4. Winter

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3. When would a lake have its warmest water at
its bottom?

• Spring
• Summer
• Fall
• Winter

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4. Here is a picture of Galveston Bay,TX. What
best describes what Galveston Bay is?

1. River delta
2. Drowned river mouth
3. Drowned Glacial Valley
4. Coral Reef
5. Mangrove Bank

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5. Here is a map of Kenai Fjords, AK. What best
describes it?

• River delta
• Drowned river mouth
• Drowned Glacial Valley
• Coral Reef
• Mangrove Bank

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6. Where would gravity be the main mover of
water?

• Lake Baikal
• Lake Conroe
• Seals Gully
• Lake Superior
• Lake Vostok

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7. Here is a picture of one of the prettiest
beaches in Texas, Fulton Beach along the Coastal
Bend region.

1. Submergent?
2. Emergent?

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8. Why is this necessary for Galveston beaches?

1. The natural sand is too polluted from oil spills.
   
2. We are on an emergent coastline and losing
   shoreline due to wave erosion.
3. Sediment from the Mississippi goes the other way
   now.
4. Reservoirs in our rivers are blocking sediment
   flow, starving our beaches of new material.

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9. What is the main sculptor of this impressive
coastline, located in Oregon?

1. Glaciers
2. Rivers
3. Coral Reefs
4. Volcanoes
5. Waves

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10. What has formed most of Canadas lakes?

1. Glaciers
2. Volcanoes
3. Tectonic Rifting
4. Meteors

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11. The Aral Sea in Central Asia is a poster case
for an environmental disaster. What caused it?

1. Extreme drought
2. Excessive rain
3. Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster
4. Breakup of the Soviet Union
5. Diversion of the lakes two tributaries for
   irrigation.

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12. According to current thinking, Lake Vostok is
most likein its geology.

• Lake Manicouagan, Quebec
• Lake Malawi, Africa
• Caspian Sea, Eurasia
• Lake Titicaca, South America

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13. Here is South Americas most famous beach
Rio de Janeiros Ipanema. What kind of beach is
it?

1. Marine Depositional
2. Wave Erosional
3. Glacier Erosional
4. Stream Erosional

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zil/minas-gerais/coronel-fabrici/ipanema/ for a
Google Map image.
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14. During the Glacial Maximum of 18,000 years
ago, what was dry land?

1. Pink
2. Green
3. Yellow
4. Pale Blue
5. All of the above

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15. Here is another beach in South America
the Chilean Fjords. Do these represent a (A)
rise, or (B) fall in sea level?

• 16. What is the major sculptor here?
• Waves
• Ice
• Longshore Currents
• Coral

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17. Here is a picture of El Capitan in Guadalupe
Mountains National Park, TX part of the worlds
largest fossil reef.

• 250 million years ago, this was underwater. It
  was a(n)
• Volcanic coastline
• Marine Depositional Coastline
• Organic Coastline
• Stream Depositional
• Coastline

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18. Here is Lighthouse Reef Atoll in Belize. What
does this represent?

1. The beginning stages of a volcano
2. The remains of a volcanic island
3. A crater impact

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19. Here are the Florida Keys. What kind of
coastline do they represent?

1. Wave Erosional
2. Stream Depositional
3. Marine Depositional
4. Organic Depositional

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20. With its limestone floor, Lake Okeechobee,
FL, most likely formed from a

1. Crater impact
2. Volcano
3. Earthquake
4. Sinkhole
5. Glacier

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21. Which landform was built up by longshore
currents?
A.
B.
C.
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22. Despite not being channelized or extensively
modified, Armand Bayou looks very different today
(R) than what it looked like in 1953 (L). What
would be a reason for this?

1. Fall in sea level
2. Subsidence
3. Wave Erosion
4. Stream Deposition

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23. Which lake would be considered to be
oligotrophic?
A

1. Lake Charlotte, TX
2. Reelfoot Lake, TN
3. Redfish Lake, FL
4. Crater Lake, OR

B
C
D
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24. Which lakes were formed by a collision of
tectonic plates?25. A rifting of tectonic
plates?

1. Lake Titicaca, South America
2. Lake Baikal, Asia
3. Lake Tanganyika, Africa
4. Caspian Sea, Eurasia
5. Salton Sea, CA

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26. Which of these African lakes does NOT belong
with the rest, being completely different in its
geology?

1. Lake Chad
2. Lake Malawi
3. Lake Albert
4. Lake Tanganyika
5. Lake Victoria

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27. Which is NOT a major factor in moving water
about in a lake?

• Wind
• Gravity
• Temperature differences
• Density differences

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28. Here is the famous Na Pali coast of Kauai,
the oldest of Hawaiis major islands. What kind
of coastline would this be at present?

1. Organic
2. Marine Depositional
3. Wave Erosional
4. Volcanic Depositional

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29. The longest of its kind in the world, Padre
Island is the prime example of a(n) _________

1. Atoll
2. Barrier Island
3. Barrier Reef
4. Sea Stack

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30. Here is the last Hawaiian Island ALL of
it! Kure (pronounced Kor ee) is a prime example
of a(n)

1. Seamount
2. Fringing Reef
3. Barrier Island
4. Atoll

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31-34. Identify the features in this picture of
Rocher Percé, Quebec.
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1. Sea Arch
2. Sea Cave
3. Sea Stack
4. Headland
5. Island

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Rocher Percé a closer look
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