Landforms
Erosion and deposition
Stream Tables
Fossils
100
A low area between hills and mountains often where a river runs is called _______
a valley
100
What is erosion?
The movement of pieces of weathered rock by wind or water.
or
to take away earth material.
100
How do slopes effect erosion and deposition?
They make water run faster.
They can change the land to forms become valleys or even canyons through erosion.
100
What are some kinds of fossils?
A. Molds
B. Petrification
C. Imprints
D. All of the Above
D. All of the above
200
A deep valley with steep sides eroded by a river is called _______.
a canyon.
200
What is deposition?
when earth material that is carried by moving water eventually stops or settles.
or
when earth materials place or settle
200
What is a flood?
A. A violently rotating column of air touching the ground, usually attached to the base of a thunderstorm
B. A large amount over water flowing over land that is usually dry.
C. the sudden release of strain energy in the Earth's crust, resulting in waves of shaking that radiate outwards from the earthquake source.
B. A large amount over water flowing over land that is usually dry.
200
How do fossils form?
When an organism is buried in mud/sediments
300
A delta is a fan-shaped _______ at the mouth of the river.
A. Deposit
B. Erosion
A. Deposit
300
What earth material would be most easily eroded?
A. Boulders
B. Pebbles
C. Sand
D. Gravel
C. Sand
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300
How does a flood affect erosion and deposition?
There is a lot of water moving fast.
It can erode or take away land very fast.
300
What is a fossil?
The preserved remains or other evidences of living things on earth long ago.
400
Boulders are extremely large rocks.
Would you find boulders at the top/beginning of a river or the mouth/end?
A. the top
B. the mouth
A. the top.
400
What are sediments?
Earth materials that settle are called sediments.
400
Look at the printed picture A at your table:
How far did the earth materials travel in table A?
45 centimeters (cm)
400
Which rock layer in the superposition is the most recent?
Carmel Formation
500
How does soil form?
A. Rocks break down into smaller and smaller pieces.
B. Erosion breaks down and moves rock sediments.
C. Sediments are deposited into new locations.
D. All of the above.
D. All of the above.
500
What might cause the earth materials to deposit farther down a river?
A. Size of the particle
B. The shape of the particle
C. The slope of the river.
D. A and C only
D. A and C only
500
Look at the printed picture B at your table:
Which stream table do you think had a slope? Why?
A because the materials were deposited further down the table.
500
These fossils were found in the same place. Which fossil provides evidence for the argument that water covered the area long ago
A. 
B.
C.
A.