Glaciers
Wind
Waves
Mass Movement
Force of Moving Water/Water Erosion
100
What type of glacier covers a great deal of land?
Continental glacier
100
What does abrasion by wind cause?
What is little erosion
100
Name one type of wave
Plunging
100
How is a slump created?
A mass of rock and soil that suddenly slips down a slope
100
Fill in the blank, __________ _______ is the major agent of Earth's changing surface
What is moving water
200
What type of glacier forms in between mountains?
What is valley glacier
200
True or False, wind causes erosion through deflation
True
200
What does wave erosion create?
What is sea caves, wave cut cliffs, and sea arches
200
True or False, Is gravity a force? If so what does it cause?
True, mass movement
200
What does deposition create?
What is landforms
300
What do glaciers cause?
What is erosion
300
True or False, wind is the strongest agent of erosion
False
300
True or False, waves shape the earth through wind and deposition?
False
300
Define creep
Very slow downhill movement of rock and soil
300
Name all the factors of runoff
What is amount of rain, plant life, type of soil, shape of land, and human use
400
When do glaciers move?
When a massive amount of weight melts the bottom of the glacier causing it to slide
400
What is a deposit of wind-blown sand?
What is sand dune
400
How are waves a major force along coasts?
What is impact and abrasion
400
True or False, landslides are the least destructive
False, landslides are the most desructive
400
Fill in the blank, The power of a rivers ability to cause erosion and carry sediment downstream on the 1._____2.volume of flow 3.________ ____ _______
What is 1.slope 3. stream bed shape
500
What is a mixture of sediment that a glacier deposits directly on the surface?
What is till
500
Define loess
What is a wind deposited sediment
500
How is the size of the wave created?
What is how hard the wind blows, how long the wind blows, and how far the wind travels
500
What does weathering+erosion+deposition=?
What is wear down and build up earth's surface
500
True or False, Gravity and the force of moving water causes a rivers sediment load to move downstream
True
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