weathering in witch a chemical change takes place in the rock or rock particles
100
what is drumlin
long mounds of glaciers dirt that run parallel to the path of the glaciers retreat
100
What is contour line
What is a line on map that connects places that have the same elevation above sea level
100
What is GPS
What is global positioning system; a network of orbiting satellites that constantly broadcasts radio signals allowing anyone on Earth with a GPS receiver to determine his on her altitude, longitude, and latitude
100
What is mechanical weathering
What is the physical disintegration of rock into smaller fragments
200
What is constructive force
a natural geological process that make minerals rock and land forms
200
What is erosion
The physical movement weather material as by water wind ice and so on
200
What is estuary
What is an area where the wide mouth of a river meets the tidal waters of an ocean
200
What is ground moraine
What is broad plains of till left by a retreating edge of a glacier
200
What is moraine
What is a structure made of sediment dropped by a glacier
300
what is control map
a map that shows the different elevations of an area of land; a topographical map
300
What is a erratic
What is individual boulders dropped by a glacier that are often made of igneous and metamorphic rock
300
What is frost wedging
What is the mechanical breakup of rock caused by the expansion of freezing water in cracks and crevices
300
What is horizon
What is a layer in a soil profile
300
What is outwash plain?
What is a region where glacial melt has created that dry up and deposit sediment
400
what is contour interval
the difference in elevation between contour lines; shows how much you would ascend or descend every time you went from one contour line to another
400
What is esker?
What is a long ridge of stratified drift left behind hen a glacier retreats
400
What is GIS
What is a geographic information system; a computer system that lets scientists store, share; analyze, and display vast amounts of geographic information
400
What is kame
What is a large mound of stratified drift left by a retreating glacier
400
What is pore spaces?
in soil, a network of holes that lets air and water circulate
500
what is destructive force
a natural gerontological processes that wears down land from and rock and minerals and carries the bits and pieces to different places on land and sea
500
What is deposition
What is the placement of sediment to produce landforms
500
What is glacier
What is a huge mass of ice that does not completely melt over the course of a year
500
What is mass wasting
What is the downslope movement of sediment because of gravity
500
what is terminal moraine
What is long ridges of till marking the farthest advance of a glacier