Landforms
A landform made of sediment that is deposited where a river flows into an ocean
What is a delta?
The process of wearing down of rocks and carrying away of sediment
What is erosion?
The series of predictable changes that occur in a community over time
What is succession?
The low-pressure center of a hurricane is called this
The scale used to measure earthquakes
What is the moment magnitude scale?
A wide, sloping deposit of sediment formed where a stream leaves a mountain range
What is an alluvial fan?
Process in which sediment is laid down in new locations
What is deposition?
The series of predictable changes that occur in a community over time that begins with rock
What is primary succession?
These are the two types of tornados
What are supercell and non-supercell?
This is caused by a displacement of ocean water
What is a tsunami?
A loop-like bend in the course of a river
What is a meander?
The wearing away of rock by rock particles or sediment carried by water, ice, wind, or gravity
What is abrasion?
The series of predictable changes that occur in a community over time that begins with soil and organisms displaced by a catastrophe or human involvement
What is secondary succession?
The highest wind speeds in a hurricane are located here
What is the eye wall?
75% of the Earth's volcanoes are located here
What is the ring of fire?
A meander that has been cut off from the river
What is an oxbow lake?
Process that splits rock when water seeps into cracks, then freezes and expands
What is ice wedging?
The first species to arrive or return to a community
What is a pioneer species?
These three things are needed for a tornado
What is high pressure, low pressure, and an updraft?
This occurs when soil is loosened by rain or gravity
What is a landslide?
A pile of rocks resulting from a fallen sea arch
Acid rain and oxidation are this type of weathering
What is chemical weathering?
The only catastrophe that can bring a region back to primary succession
This wave created by a hurricane causes the most damage when a hurricane makes landfall
What is the storm surge?
This catastrophe can be caused by lightning or caused by man
What is a wildfire?