Erosion and Deposition
Random Trivia :)
Coastlines
Landforms
Topography
100
A force that tears down landforms
What is destructive?
100
The river that creates the largest delta in the United States
What is the Mississippi River?
100
A structure perpendicular to the shore, used to help prevent beach erosion
What is a jetty?
100
A landform created at the mouth of a river
What is a delta?
100
The hight above sea level
What is elevation?
200
Breaking down rocks into smaller pieces
What is weathering?
200
The original color of Coca-Cola
What is green?
200
A structure created parallel to the shore to reduce wave energy
What is a breakwater?
200
A landform created by glacial erosion
What is valley or mountain pass?
200
the darker bolder contour lines that contain the elevation and can be used as a reference
What is the index contour line?
300
The mass movement of soil and rocks downhill after a heavy rain has loosesned the soil
What is a landslide?
300
The only animal noise that does not echo, scientists have no clue why not
What is a duck's quack?
300
A structure built along a cliff to help limit wave erosion
What is a seawall?
300
A steep sided landform created by running water over a long period of time
What is a canyon?
300
The difference in elevation between one contour line and another
What is the contour interval?
400
A force that builds up a landform
What is constructive?
400
The name of the newly discovered planet beyond Pluto
What is Eris?
400
A stream of water running parallel to the shoreline
What is the longshore current?
400
A landform created when a river overflows its banks
What is a floodplain?
400
Lines that connect points of equal elevation
What are contour lines?
500
The five causes of erosion
What are wind, water, ice, gravity, and glaciers?
500
A five letter word that is spelled the same forward and backward
What is kayak?
500
Digging up unwanted sediment along beaches that might expose contaminated materials
What is dredging?
500
A landform created by continual wave energy on a coastline
What is a cliff?
500
An area with many contour lines spaced close together
What is a steep slope?
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