Vocab!
water that runs off Earth's soild surface
What is the runnoff?
water that ends up in different places depending on 5 factors
What is runoff?
Breaking down or wearing away of rocks
Yellow
(DAILY DOUBLE)
Mrs. Doucette's favorite color
fan-shaped deposit at the end of a river
What is the def. of Delta?
A factor of erosion that sends water and sediment downhill
What is gravity?
This principle states that the geologic processes that operate today also operated in the past.
What is the Principle of Uniforimatarianism?
a large mass of ice that moves slowly over land - causes weatherining, erosion, and deposition
What are glaciers?
All of Earth's rocks and sand and silt and soil
What is the geosphere?
bends or s-shapes in rivers
What are meanders?
This type of weathering happens when rocks are physically broken down
What is mechanical weathering?
when wind or water picks up rocks and these rocks hit exposed larger rocks and wear them down
What is abrasion?
All of Earth's water
What is the Hydrosphere?
Deep v-shaped valleys caused by many years of water erosion (there's a famous one in Arizona)
What is a canyon?
This type of weathering is when a rock is broken down by chemical changes
What is chemical weathering?
when wind meets an obstacle, like a clump of grass, the result is a deposit of windblown sand that goes around the grass
What is a sand dune?
layers of gasses that surround Earth
What is the Atmosphere?
these lakes occur when a meander develops such a large loop that the bends of the river join together
What is oxbow lake?
These are the structures that grow from the ground in caves through the process of chemical weathering
What are stalagmites?
removal of rocks by wind, water, ice, or gravity
What is erosion?