To complete these problems, first read the chapter. When you are finished, go to LaunchPad and open the Exploring with Google Earth file for this chapter. Click on the “Workbook Problems” folder to “fly” to each of the problems listed below and answer the questions. Be sure to keep your “Borders and Labels” layer activated. Refer to Appendix 4 if you need help using Google Earth.
PROBLEM 18.1 This placemark is pinned to a sand dune in the Sahara, in Algeria.
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1. What type of sand dune is this?
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2. From which direction does the prevailing wind blow?
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3. What is the dune’s approximate diameter?
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4. What is the dune’s vertical relief?
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5. Zoom out. You can see that these dunes extend for hundreds of kilometers. What is the name for a sea of sand such as this?
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6. What is the name of this particular sand sea?
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PROBLEM 18.2 These sand dunes clearly show the direction of the prevailing wind.
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3. Notice the road running across the dunes. Was the road made before the dunes formed or after?
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4. Zoom out. What country is this?
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PROBLEM 18.3 This massive granite outcrop, called Ben Amera, rises out of the sand in Mauritania.
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2. About how high does Ben Amera rise above the desert floor?
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PROBLEM 18.4 Just to the east of Ben Amera, a gently tilting plateau rises from the desert floor.
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2. Zoom out. Where is this location?
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PROBLEM 18.5 This linear mountain ridge is composed of steeply tilting sedimentary rocks.
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2. Zoom out. Where is this location?
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PROBLEM 18.6 This placemark lands on the Colorado Plateau.
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PROBLEM 18.7 This placemark also lands on the Colorado Plateau.
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PROBLEM 18.8 This placemark also lands on the Colorado Plateau.
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PROBLEM 18.9 From 92 km in altitude, a significant portion of the western United States can be seen. Notice the north-south valleys and mountain ranges.
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2. Notice that the placemark is in a dry depression, colored white in Google Earth. What is the name for this landform?
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PROBLEM 18.10 This placemark falls on several fan-shaped features that have merged together.
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2. What is the distance from marker A to marker B?
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3. What is the drop in elevation between marker A and marker B?
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4. Zoom out. In what country is this placemark?
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PROBLEM 18.11 This lake is found in the Great Basin of Nevada, an internal drainage basin.
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2. What is the name of this particular lake?
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3. What are the rings surrounding the lake?
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4. Based on your reading in this chapter, what factor most likely resulted in these rings?
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PROBLEM 18.12 This placemark visits a desert environment with little vegetation and brightly colored layers of deeply eroded rock.