Glacial Erosion
Water Erosion
Wave Erosion
Wind Erosion
Florida Landforms
100
These landforms can be categorized as continental and valley
What are glaciers?
100
A stream of river that runs into another stream or river is called a
What is a tributary?
100
Waves relocate sand through this process
What is erosion?
100
Sand dunes are formed due to these TWO processes.
What are erosion and deposition?
100
The area around the edges of Florida are known as the
What is coastal lowlands?
200
When rock fragments freeze to the bottom of a glacier and are picked up it is known as this
What is plucking?
200
A wide sloping deposit of sediment formed where a stream leaves a mountain range is called
What is an alluvial fan?
200
Sandbars are formed because ocean waves pick up sediment and then do this.
What is deposition?
200
These help sand dunes stay anchored in place.
What is plants (or vegetation)?
200
This is the largest lake in Florida.
What is Lake Okeechobee?
300
This occurs when till is shoved to the sides of the glacier.
What is a moraine?
300
The wide, flat area along the sides of a river which are covered with water during a flood.
What is a flood plain?
300
Strong winds can pick up this size particles
What are large particles?
300
The area at the southern portion of Florida is known as this.
What is the wetlands (or Everglades)?
400
Due to this force, glaciers move downhill.
What is gravity?
400
The shape of a sand dune is determined by this
What is wind speed?
400
This process by which wind removes surface materials is known as
What is deflation?
400
The areas in the middle of Florida with higher elevations are known as the
What are the central highlands?
500
An arete, a cirque and a horn are all caused by this
What is glacial erosion?
500
These features are common in areas of karst topography
What are sink holes?
500
This is made up of clay and silt
What is loess?
500
This process breaks down rocks
What is weathering?
500
The entire state of Florida is known as this type of landform
What is a peninsula?
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