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What is a natural feature on Earth’s surface?
Landform
100
Does weathering happen gradually or suddenly?
Gradually
100
When doing the stream table experiment should we use more water or less water to increase erosion?
Use more water
100
During deposition do smaller or larger particles settle first?
Larger because they will be heavier
100
What is a low area between hills or mountains called? It can be caused by flowing water or glaciers.
Valley
200
What is a piece of land surrounded by water on all but one side and always found on the coast?
Peninsula
200
What is a smaller stream that feeds into a river?
Tributary
200
What is 1 thing that can cause physical weathering?
Water, wind, ice, or temperature changes
200
What is a large body of water that extends into the land but is smaller than a gulf?
Bay
200
What is a large area of a sea or ocean partially enclosed by land? (Not a bay)
Gulf
300
What is the wearing away or removal of earth materials by water, wind, or ice?
Erosion
300
What happens when gravity causes the rapid downhill movement of rock and soil? We talked about this in Lesson 2.
Landslide
300
What is the process by which eroded sediments settle in another place?
Deposition
300
What is the area called where a river empties into a larger body of water like an ocean or lake?
Mouth
300
What is land surrounded completely by water?
Island
400
What is a curve or loop in a channel?
Meander
400
What is the breaking down of Earth’s crust by physical or chemical means?
Weathering
400
What is a fan shaped or triangular deposit of earth materials at a mouth of a stream?
Delta
400
What is a large, nearly level area that has been lifted above the surrounding area?
Plateau
400
What is the beginning of a river called?
Source
500
What is a smaller or larger 3-D representation of an object?
Model
500
What are Earth materials that have been eroded and deposited?
Sediments
500
What is a way humans can control erosion? Answers will vary.
Examples are by planting trees and shrubs, creating a rock barrier next to water, making a stone stairway on a steep hill, etc.
500
What is a V-shaped valley that has been eroded by a river?
Canyon
500
What is it called when rainwater moves soil down a mountain?
Erosion
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