River Erosion Vocabulary
The measure of how fast water flows is known as
River Speed
A channel with continually flowing water that flows into a larger river is called what?
Tributary
Process which adds more crust to the ocean floor?
Sea-floor Spreading
Which theory describes the motion of and force driving Earth's plates?
Plate Tectonic Theory
How many variables does a controlled experiment test at a time?
An overflowing of a large amount of water beyond its normal confines is known as
A flood
If a barrel passed through the first flag at 3:09 and the second flag at 4:40, how many seconds did it take to travel in between the flags?
91 seconds
A fault in which the rocks on either side of the fault move sideways past each other is known as a
Strip-strike Fault
Evidence used by Wegener to make him believe that continents have moved?
He found similar fossils on different continents that were separated by oeans.
The equation for density?
Density = mass / volume
Small rock fragments such as pebbles or sand
Sediments
This occurs when sediments and other materials are moved from one place to another. It can have a profound impact on the landscape.
Erosion
This happens along a fault when enough energy builds up in the rock along the fault to cause the rock to break or slip
An Earthquake
What feature forms at a convergent boundary?
Mountain Range
If you cut a wood block in half, the density of each half would be __________ as the original.
The same density
Rivers that flow back and forth across the landscape are known as
Meandering Rivers
The volume of water that flows past a given point every second is known as
Discharge
Matching patterns of magnetic stripes found in the crust of the ocean floor is evidence of what?
Sea-Floor Spreading
The San Andreas Fault is an example of which kind of boundary?
Transform Boundary
Which unit is used to measure the volume of a liquid or an irregular object?
Milliliters
Flat area surrounding a meandering river is known as
A floodplain
True or False : Cutting down crops would increase runoff.
True
This describes the process in which more dense materials of a planet sink to the center, while less dense materials stay on the surface.
Planetary Differentiation
What force causes the movement of Earth's plates?
Convection Currents
What day is the quiz?
Tomorrow