Earth Science Quiz 2 Unit 4

Front 1

water that flows back into ocean after wave has broken

Back 1

backwash

Front 2

distance a wave travels

Back 2

fetch

Front 3

turn, bend, or wind in a river

Back 3

meander

Front 4

u-shaped lake formed by river erosion

Back 4

oxbow

Front 5

state in which small, light particles are mixed with, but not dissolved in, a fluid or solid

Back 5

suspension

Front 6

pulling and rolling of large rocks by wind

Back 6

traction

Front 7

in constructive waves, the ______ is stronger than the __________. Destructive waves are vice versa

Back 7

swash, backwash

Front 8

finest sediment is found:

Back 8

mouth of river

Front 9

pyramidal peak formed when a glacier erodes a mountain on three or more sides

Back 9

horn

Front 10

downhill movement of rock and sediment caused by gravity

Back 10

mass wasting

Front 11

accumulation of unsorted rock and sediment deposited by a glacier

Back 11

moraine

Front 12

groove or scratch

Back 12

striation

Front 13

angular pile of broken rock found at the bottom of a mountain

Back 13

talus

Front 14

warning sign of frequent rockfall

Back 14

talus

Front 15

slanted telephone poles are evidence of _____

Back 15

creeps

Front 16

types of slope failure

Back 16

slides, slumps, falls

Front 17

slurry flows ______

Back 17

move more quickly than granular flows

Front 18

made of small, rich, nurient rich soil

Back 18

loamy

Front 19

large, fertile deposit of mostly silt carried long distances by wind

Back 19

loess

Front 20

when wind lifts sediment off the ground and carries it a short distance

Back 20

saltation

Front 21

velocity at which sediment is carried by wind

Back 21

terminal fall velocity

Front 22

velocity required to to transport sediment by wind

Back 22

treshold velocity

Front 23

row of trees or shrubs used to reduce the force of wind

Back 23

windbreak

Front 24

what causes wind erosion

Back 24

planting vegetation