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Eolian Features quiz

Includes: Yardangs, Ventifacts, Desert Pavement, Blowouts, Shadow Dunes, Barchan Dunes, Parabolic Dunes, Transverse Dunes, Longitudinal Dunes, Fore Dunes, Dome Dunes, Draas Deposits, Rhourd Deposits, Sand Sheet Deposits, and Loess Deposits

Quiz Which describes the mechanism which formed a yardang? Which describes the orientation of a yardang with respect to the wind? Which best describes the surface of a yardang? Which describes the mechanism which forms ventifacts? Which best describes the surface of ventifacts? What is the grain size of the material in ventifacts? Which describes the mechanism which formed desert pavement? Which best describes the material in desert pavement? What is the grain size of the material in desert pavement? Which describes the mechanism which forms blowouts? Which of the following do blowouts form? Which is characteristic of blowout bottoms? Which describes the mechanism which forms a shadow dune? Are obstructions present to help form a shadow dune? What types of features cause the shape of a shadow dune? Where are the obstructions located on a shadow dune? Which describes the upwind slope of a shadow dune? Which describes the downward slope of a shadow dune? Which best describes the material in shadow dunes? Which best describes the material in shadow dunes? What is the grain size of the material in a shadow dune? Which describes the mechanism which forms a barchan dune? Are obstructions present to help form a barchan dune? Which describes the upwind slope of a barchan dune? Which describes the downward slope of a barchan dune? Which describes the shape of a barchan dune? Which describes the endpoints of a barchan dune? Which best describes the material in barchan dunes? Which best describes the material in barchan dunes? What is the grain size of the material in a barchan dune? Which describes the mechanism which forms a parabolic dune? Are obstructions present to help form a parabolic dune? What types of features cause the shape of a parabolic dune? Where are the obstructions in a parabolic dune located? Which describes the upwind slope of a parabolic dune? Which describes the downward slope of a parabolic dune? Which describes the shape of a parabolic dune? Which describes the endpoints of a parabolic dune? Which best describes the material of a parabolic dune? Which best describes the material in parabolic dunes? What is the grain size of the material in a parabolic dune? Which describes the mechanism which forms a transverse dune? Which describes the character of the wind for transverse dunes? Are obstructions present to help form a transverse dune? Which describes the upwind slope of a transverse dune? Which describes the downward slope of a transverse dune? Which describes the shape of a transverse dune? Which describes the orientation of a main transverse dune axis? Which best describes the material in transverse dunes? Which best describes the material in transverse dunes? What is the grain size of the material in a transverse dune? Which describes the mechanism which forms a longitudinal dune? Which describes the character of the wind for a longitudinal dune? Are obstructions present to help form a longitudinal dune? Which describes the orientation of the main longitudinal dune axis? Which describes the shape of a longitudinal dune? Which best describes the material in longitudinal dunes? Which best describes the material in longitudinal dunes? What is the grain size of the material in a longitudinal dune? Which describes the mechanism which forms a fore dune? Which describes the character of the wind for a fore dune? Are obstructions present to help form a fore dune? Which describes the shape of a fore dune? Which describes the orientation of the main fore dune axis? Which best describes the material in fore dunes? Which best describes the material in fore dunes? What is the grain size of the material in a fore dune? Where are fore dunes located? Which describes the mechanism which forms a dome dune? Which describes the character of the wind for a dome dune? Which describes the shape of a dome dune? Which best describes the material in dome dunes? Which best describes the material in dome dunes? What is the grain size of the material in a dome dune? Which describes the mechanism which forms a draas deposit? Which describes the character of the wind for draas deposits? Which describes the shape of a draas deposit? Which best describes the surface of a draas deposit? Which best describes the material in draas deposits? Which best describes the material in draas deposits? What is the grain size of the material in draas deposits? Which best describes the typical size of a draas? Which describes the mechanism which forms a rhourd deposit? Which describes the character of the wind for a rhourd deposit? Which describes the shape of a rhourd deposit? Which best describes the surface of a rhourd deposit? Which best describes the material in rhourd deposits? Which best describes the material in rhourd deposits? What is the grain size of the material in rhourd deposits? Which best describes the typical size of a rhourd? Which describes the mechanism which forms a sand sheet deposit? Which best describes the surface of a sand sheet deposit? Which best describes the material in sand sheet deposits? Which best describes the material in sand sheet deposits? What is the grain size of the material in sand sheet deposits? Which describes the mechanism which forms a loess deposit? Which describes the thickness of loess deposits? Which describes the channels/holes in loess deposits? Which best describes the material in loess deposits? Which best describes the material in loess deposits? What is the grain size of the material in a loess deposit?

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