vocab
vocab
weathering and erosion
beaches
essay questions
100
surface landforms of an area
What is a topography
100
a slope
What is a gradient
100
particals of rock that are weathered or eroded
What is sediment
100
a deposit of sand or other sediment along the shore
What is a beach
100
the process that forms rock and builds landforms and then wears them down
What is the geologic cycle
200
the low area in which a river flows
What is a channel
200
a wide curve in a river channel
What is meander
200
the movement of rock from one place to another
What is erosion
200
the movement of sediment along the beach because of currents that run parallel to the shore
What is longshore drift
200
they form at the mouth of the river where the river ends
where and how do river deltas form
300
the low flat part of a river valley that floods regularly
What is a flood plain
300
a wall barrier built at a right angle to the beach
What is a groin
300
the breaking down of rock into smaller pieces
What is weathering
300
a structure that protects an area near shore from breaking waves
What is breakwater
300
the part of an ecosystem in which an organism lives
What is a habitat
400
a huge sheet of moving ice that erodes the land
What is a glacier
400
the dropping of sediment by rivers when they slow down
What is deposition
400
it can be rust on a iron gate or blue tint on a copper building.
What is chemical weathering
400
a long narrow sandy island which forms parallel to the coast
What is a barrier island
400
a mass of water soaked soil that slides downhill
What is a mudslide
500
the movement of earth materials down a slope due to gravity
What is mass waisting
500
a mostly dry mass of rock and soil that slides suddenly downhill
What is a landslide
500
they are wind, moving ice, and moving water
What are the agents of erosion
500
a rocky point of land that extends out into the sea
What is headland
500
a low area between highlands
What is a valley
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