This natural disaster occurred in August of 2005, devastating the Ninth Ward in New Orleans, LA.
What is Hurricane Katrina?
100
The amount of sediment in water.
What is the load?
100
This type of glacier is located in mountains, cutting deep and jagged lines in the earth's surface.
What is a valley glacier?
100
This landform juts out from the coastline into the water.
What is a headland?
100
Wind deposition forms this fertile region of rich soil, often used for farming.
What is loess?
200
Man-made and natural ____________ were supposed to protect the city of New Orleans from flooding, but the system failed, allowing water to pass over the walls.
What are levees?
200
If a river's slope _______________, the river's speed ________________.
increases/increases
OR
decreases/decreases
200
This type of glacier can flow in all directions, although the flow is very slow.
What is a continental glacier?
200
Beach sediment flows parallel to land in a current known as _____________________.
What is longshore drift?
200
Fine sediment is picked up from the topsoil in a process called ____________________.
What is deflation?
300
Name ONE benefit of living on the flood plains.
Access to water, fertile soil for farming...
300
As _______________ water flows through a river, the speed _________________.
more/increases
OR
less/decreases
300
When a valley glacier slides quickly in a short burst of energy.
What is a surge?
300
This land feature forms when two sea caves meet in the middle.
What is a sea arch?
300
A _______________________ shaped sand dune forms when the wind blows in one direction.
crescent
400
The government agency that coordinates responses to natural disasters.
What is FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency)?
400
In a curved river, the water moves the ________________ along the OUTSIDE bank of the curve.
Fastest
400
As a glacier slides over the land, it picks up rocks in a process known as __________________.
What is plucking?
400
Strong storm waves cause sand to build up in large amounts in the water. When people and animals can inhabit these deposits, it is known as a _______________________.
What is a barrier island?
400
Wind erosion in the desert can eventually wear away the top layer of sediment, revealing a rocky layer known as ________________________.
What is desert pavement?
500
Search and rescue teams use these symbols to determine the extent of damage done to homes involved in natural disasters.
What are "X Codes"?
500
The presence and movement of rocks in a river increases friction, but __________________ the speed of the river.
Decreases
500
The process of abrasion causes a glacier to smooth out the lines of a ________________________ into a _________________________.
v-shaped valley; u-shaped valley
500
Name AND explain the two ways that waves can erode rock.
What are IMPACT and ABRASION?
500
_____________________ can anchor a sand dune in place, keeping it in the same location for many years.