In arid landscape, Aeolian erosion involved airborne sand and dust which sculpts

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In arid landscape, Aeolian erosion involved airborne sand and dust which sculpts landforms already in existence. This erosion process is termed a. abrasion b. attrition c. Corrosion d. Weathering e. Traction When wind transport pebbles in a series of hopes along the surface in arid land the processes is termed a. Abrasion b. Attrition c. Suspension d. Saltation e. Traction In arid landscape, fine silt and clay particles are transported by a. Abrasion b. Attrition c. Suspension d. Saltation e. Traction They are long, narrow dunes that are parallel. Orientation seems to represent an intermediate direction between two dominant wind directions. This statement refers to _____ dunes a. Transverse b. Barchan c. Star d. Seifs e. longitudinal Wind rolling pebbles across the desert surface is an example of _____. a. creep b. traction c. deposition d. abrasion e. scree _____ are wind deposited silt that lacks horizontal stratification a. Loess b. Dunes c. Barchans d. Playa e. Salina In a basin and range landscape, the basin is also known as _____. a. Graben b. claypan c, playa d. bajada e. Horst Mesa-and-scarp topography is most closely associated with _____. a. extrusive volcanism b. metamorphism c. erosion d. deposition e. faulting Sand dunes are composed mainly of individual grains _____ a. quartz

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43. A, abbrasion

44. D traction

45. C suspension

46. E longitudinal

47. Scree

48. A. Loess

49. Grabon

50. C erosion

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