Republic of the Philippines

BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY

The National Engineering University
Alangilan Campus
Golden Country Homes, Alangilan Batangas City, Batangas, Philippines 4200
Tel Nos.: (+63 43) 425-0139 local 2121 / 2221
E-mail Address: ceafa@g.batstate-u.edu.ph | Website Address: http://www.batstate-u.edu.ph

College of Engineering – Department of Civil Engineering

GROUP 1: COASTAL ZONES AND PROCESSES
1. What is the largest and deepest ocean?
Answer: Pacific Ocean
2. The oceans hold about ___ of water.
Answer: 1.3 B KM³
3. What does SCUBA mean?
Answer: Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
4. _____ is a group of islands surrounded and separated by oceans and seas.
Answer: Archipelago
5. The _____ of coastal zones and oceans can vary greatly depending on several factors
such as location, time of year, and depth.
Answer: Temperature

GROUP 2: MASS MOVEMENT

1. Which of the following is/are true about mass movement?
A. It is also called Mass Wasting
B. It is defined as the downslope movement of rock, regolith, and soil under the direct
influence of gravity.
C. It is defined as the downslope movement of rock, regolith, and soil without the
influence of gravity.
D. Both a and b
E. Both a and c
Answer: D. Both a and b
2. When the movement in a mass movement event involves the free fall of detached
individual pieces of any size, it is termed a _________.
Answer: Fall
3. Give ONE factor of slope stability.
Answers:
Factors of Slope Stability
● Saturation of Materials with Water (Overabundance of Water)
● Oversteepening of slopes (Angle of Repose)
● Lack of Vegetation (Removal of anchoring vegetation)
● Earthquakes
4. What are the THREE types of mass movement? Write it with a comma as a separator.
Answer:
Types of Mass Movement (In any order)
● Fall
● Slide
● Flow
5. Give ONE preventive measure of mass movement.
Answer:
Preventive Measures of Mass Movement
● Identifying regions at risk
● Slope Reduction
● Slope Stabilization
● Retaining Structures
● Mass Movement Potential Maps

GROUP 3: ICE AND GLACIERS

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 Republic of the Philippines
BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY
The National Engineering University
Alangilan Campus
Golden Country Homes, Alangilan Batangas City, Batangas, Philippines 4200
Tel Nos.: (+63 43) 425-0139 local 2121 / 2221
E-mail Address: ceafa@g.batstate-u.edu.ph | Website Address: http://www.batstate-u.edu.ph

College of Engineering – Department of Civil Engineering

1. What is the percentage of glaciers on the Earth’s land surface?
Answer: 10%
2. Give one process of glacial erosion.
Answer: Plucking or Abrasion
3. _______ is an all-embracing term for sediments of glacial origin, no matter how, where,
or in what shape they were deposited.
Answer: Glacial Drift
4. Give at least one other effect of ice age glaciers.
Answers:
● Crustal Subsidence and Rebound
● Sea Level Changes
● Changes to Rivers and Valleys
● Ice Dams Create Proglacial Lakes
● Pluvial Lakes
5. ____ is a defensive structure that protects against avalanches in wintertime, and against
flooding and debris flows once the snow has melted.
Answer: Avalanche dams

GROUP 4: WIND AND DESERTS

1. Sahara Desert: Hottest Desert: ______________: Largest Desert
Answer: Antarctic Pole Desert
2. Deserts have intermittent or _______, which means they carry water only in response to specific
episodes of rainfall. This is a typical desert stream shortly after heavy rain.
Answer: Ephemeral Streams
3. This means that they exhibit a discontinuous pattern of intermittent streams that do not
flow out of the desert to the ocean.
Answer: Interior Drainage
4. It is a natural process that moves soil from one location to another by wind power.
Answer: Wind Erosion
5. Wind deposits are of two distinctive types: (1) mounds and ridges of sand from the wind's bed
load called _____, and (2) extensive blankets of silt, called _____.
Answer: (1) Dunes and (2) Loess

GROUP 5: CLIMATE
1. It acts as surfaces on which water vapor condenses and are also good absorbers and
reflectors (depending on the particles) of incoming solar radiation.
Answer: Aerosols
2-3. What are the natural causes of Climate Change (Give at least 2)
Answers:
● Plate Movements
● Orbital Variations
● Volcanic Eruptions
● Variation in Solar Radiation
4. Give at least one factor of rising of sea level
Answers:
● Thermal Expansion
● Melting Glaciers
5. Preserved physical characteristics of the environment that can stand in for direct
measurements
Answer: Proxy Data

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