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16 Cards in this Set
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Weathering |
Breaks down rock into sediment |
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Erosion |
Moving of the sediment |
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Deposition |
The rebuild of the broken down sediment |
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Name the 4 agents of erosion |
Water Wind Gravity Glaciers |
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What kind of erosion is stream, raindrop and beach/wave erosion? |
Water |
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What's a delta? |
Fan shaped deposit at the end of a stream |
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What is a level strip of land on the sides of a river that are made of sediment that deposits during flooding |
Flood plain |
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What is a meander |
Bend in a body of water |
You and megan got it wrong on the map activity |
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Do you know what an oxbow lake is? |
Meanders that get cut off |
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A topographic map is what? |
A 2-D model of earth surface |
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A contour line connects point of what? |
Equal elevation |
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The relief Is the difference between... |
High and low elevations |
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Contour interval is what |
The space between all lines. The difference must have the same space apart |
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Index contour is what? |
Every 5th line printed darker |
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When lines are closers is the mountain A) steeper B) not steeper |
A)steeper |
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When lines are further apart is it A)gradual increase B)sudden increase |
A) gradual increase |
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