Erosional Landforms
It is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosive activity of a river over geologic timescales.
What is a Canyon
It is a deposition of sand that runs perpendicular to the shore.
What is a spit
Valleys formed by glaciers are this shape
What are U shaped Valleys
caused when water, wind, or ice act physically on a rock to break it down
What is a Mechanical Weathering
The most common source of energy for erosive processes
What is gravity
A low area between mountains
What is a valley
a mound or ridge of sand or other loose sediment formed by the wind
What is a dune
Poorly sorted sediment deposited by a glacier
What is glacial till
This climate condition produces the fastest rates of weathering
What is a Warm and Humid
Water is moving the fastest at this location in a river.
What the outside of a meander
When limestone or gypsum is chemically weathered leaving behind a cavity in the rocks
What is a Cave
an accumulation of sediments that fans outwards from a mountain or canyon when a river reaches a low elevation area
What is an alluvial fan
a narrow ridge of rock which separates two valleys. It is typically formed when two glaciers erode parallel U-shaped valleys.
What is a Arête
Uplift (mountains) is usually caused by this source of energy
What is Earth's Internal Energy
This agent of change participates in the most erosive process on Earth
What is water
It is a coastal landform - a vertical rock formation coming directly out of the water. Often formed by a collapsed arch
What a sea stack
These are deposits of calcium carbonate left behind on the floor of a cave
What is a stalagmite
an amphitheatre-like valley formed by glacial erosion.
What is a Cirque
The acid produced when limestone dissolves in water
What is Carbonic Acid
This kind of sorting is produced from glacial erosion
What is poor sorting
long, narrow, and streamlined landform formed by the forces of wind and water erosion, typically found in dry or desert areas
Yardang
a mound of sediment that forms when two glaciers meet and sandwich sediment in between them
What is a medial moraine
What is a Glacial Outwash Plain
This mineral is extremely resistant to both types of weathering
What is a Quartz
Ms Hammer's dog is named after this movie
What is Back the the Future