7Th Erosion And Depositon, Ch.9

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The process by which natural forces move weathered rock and soil from one place to another.

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Erosion

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The material moved by erosion is called what?

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Sediment

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________ occurs when the agents of erosion, deposit or lay down sediment

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Depostion

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What is the force that moves rock and other materials downhill?

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Gravity

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What is the destructive kind of land movement in mass where rock and soil slide QUICKLY down a STEEP slope?

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Landslide

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What is rapid downhill movement of WATER, ROCK & SOIL?

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Mudflows

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When a mass of rock and soil suddenly slip down a SLOPE in ONE LARGE MASS, it is called?

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Slump

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What do you call a very SLOW downhill movement of rock?

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Creep

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What is the major agent of erosion that has shaped the Earth's surface?

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Moving water

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Water that moves over Earh's surface is called what?

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Runoff

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What are the 5 factors that effect the amount of Runoff?

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1. Amount of Rain
2. Vegetation
3. Type of soil
4. Shape of land
5. How people use the land

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What are the tiny grooves in the soil caused by water runoff?

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Rills

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When many rills flow into one another, it is called what?

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Gully

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A channel along which water is continually flowing down a slope.

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STREAM

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A stream or river that flows into a LARGER RIVER is what?

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TRIBUTARIES

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_______ FORM where an area of very hard rock erodes more slowly than the softer material below it.

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WATERFALLS

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What is a flat, wide area of land along a river?

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FLOOD PLAIN

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What is a meander (loop-like bend) that has been cut off from a river?

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OXBOW LAKE

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What is a loop-like bend in the course of a river?

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MEANDER

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What is a WIDE SLoPING DEPOST of sediment formed where a astream leaves a mountain range?

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ALLUVIAL FAN

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A land form built up when sediment is depostied where a rivwer flows into an ocean or lake.

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DELTAS

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When water is under the ground it is called ?

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GROUNDWATER

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Pockets in rock develop from LIMESTONE that is broken down by CARBONIC ACID is called?

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Cave formations

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When formations HANGE FROM the Ceiling of a cave and are fromed when chemical in solution build up as water drips FROM THE CEILING

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stalaCite

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A structure built UP FROM THE CAVE FLOOR (GROUND) from chemicals

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stalaGmite

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A Depression called a SINKHOLE, formed where the roof of a cave collapes becuse of the erosion of the LIMESTONE.

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KARST TOPOGRAPHY

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Energy an object has due to its motion is called

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KINESTHETIC

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The amount of sediment that a river can carry is?

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LOAD

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Wearing away of rock by a GRINDING ACTION and cause by particles of sediment?

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ABRASION

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The amount that the river drops over a given distance is called a _____?

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SLOPE

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What is the volume of flow mean?

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the amount of water moves past a certain point on the river in a given time

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What is potential energy?

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energy stored waiting to be used later

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What is the definition of energy

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The ability to do work or cause change.

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What affects the amount of friction between the water and the streambed?

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the STREAMBED SHAPE

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The force that opposes the motion of one surface as it moves across another surface is called?

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FRICTION

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What is Turbulence?

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movement of wter every which way instead of downstream

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What factors affect Erosion and Deposition?

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Curves in a river affect the speed in which water travels and how the water erodes or deposits

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What is a large mass of ice that moves slowly over land?

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GLASIER

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a GLACIER that covers much of a continent or large island

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CONTINENTAL GLACIER

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When continental glaciers cover larger parts of Earth's surface

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Ice Ages

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A long narrow glacier that forms when and ice build up HIGH IN A MOUNTAIN VALLEY.

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VALLEY GLACIER

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What is erosion cause by a glacier picking up rocks as it moves?

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PLUCKING

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When a glacial melts, it deposits sediment that it eroded from the land creating what?

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Various land forms

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A mixture of various sediment that a glacier depostis directly on the surface is named

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TILL

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A ridge of TILL deposited on the EDGE OF A GLACIER is called a _______?

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MORAINE

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TERMINAL MORAINE IS ?

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The ridge of till at the furtherest point

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A small DEPRESSION that is formed when a chuck of ice is left in the glacial till?

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KETTLE

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Fiord is ?

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when the level of the sea rises filling a valley once cut by a glacier.

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A sharp ridge separating two cirques is called ?

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ARETE

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A bowl shaped hollow eroded by a glacier is ?

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CIRQUE

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When glaciers carve away the sides of a mountain leaving a sharpened peak it is a _____?

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HORN

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What is a DRUMLINE?

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A long mound of till that is smoothed in the direction of the glacier's flow

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How is a U-shaped valley formed?

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by a flowing glacier that scooped it out

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What are two ways that waves erode?

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IMPACT
ABRASION

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The part of the land that sticks out into the ocean is called the ___?

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HEADLAND

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When the wave action hollows out a cliff, it is called ?

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SEA CAVE

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How is a sea arch formed?

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when sea caves on either side of a headland join

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Sea stacks are _______ ____ when a _____ ____ collapes

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left standing
sea arch

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How is a beach formed?

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as waves pile up sand along the shore

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How is a longshore drift formed

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as waves hit the beach, some sediment moves down the beach with the current

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How is a spit formed?

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as longshore drifts depsoti sand along the shore, projects like a FINGER OUT OF THE WATER

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The process by which wind removes surface materials

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DEFLATION

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what can polish a rock?

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ABRASION by the wind as sand hits the rock

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Study both pictures and make sure that you

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can label each thing in the picture. HAPPY STUDYING

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