What is the major agent of earths changing surface?
Moving water
Where will more wind erosion happen?
Places with flat land with little vegetation
How do glaciers weather and erode?
Abrasion and Plucking
What is the difference between Meanders and Oxbow lakes?
Meanders form from erosion and oxbow lakes are formed by deposition
How does moving water weather and erode?
Abrasion and runoff
What landform is formed by glacier erosion?
U-shaped valley
What is the difference between a V-shaped valley and a U-Shaped valley?
V-shaped is formed by moving water(river) and U-shaped is formed by glaciers
Name the 3 things formed by moving water erosion?
V-shaped valley, Meander and Waterfalls
What is formed by glacier deposition?
Moraine
What is the major agent of erosion?
Moving Water
How do waves weather and erode rock?
1: Impact; 2: Abrasion.
What are the 3 landforms created by moving water deposition?
Delta, Oxbow Lake and Floodplain
What is deflation?
Loose particles on the surface being blown away by the wind, leaving behind the larger rock particles
What do U-shaped valleys start off as? What is that formed by?
V-shaped valleys formed by moving water (rivers)
Where does erosion and deposition happen on a meander?
Inside(slow)=Deposition
Outside(fast)= Erosion
What are the 3 landforms formed by wave deposition?
Beaches, Marshes and Barrier Islands
How do waterfalls form?
When softer rock underneath weathers and erodes causing the hard rock above to break off creating a sharp drop off
What is created by wind erosion and deposition?
Sand Dunes
What are the 5 factors that influence the amount of runoff and area receives?
Shape of the land, Type of soil, Amount of Precipitation, How we use the land, and Amount of Vegetation