Erosion Deposition and Weathering
Where is groundwater found?
Underground
Glaciers are an example of erosion caused by what?
Ice
What does a topographic map show you?
The size and elevation of the area being shown.
Satellite images are photos taken from at least how high up?
200 miles.
What is a delta?
A river depositing sediment into a large body of water.
What causes dunes?
Wind
What is a contour interval on a topographic map?
The amount of change in elevation between two lines on the map.
Why is LIDAR useful for images of earth?
It can see through vegetation.
What forms first, Sea stacks, Sea caves, or Sea Arches?
Sea caves.
What it the sudden movement of large amounts of soil downslope?
Landslide
What two things can a circle on a topographic map represent?
A hilltop or a crater.
What is the difference between aerial and satalite images?
Aerial is taken from the atmosphere while satellite are taken from space.
What makes sinkholes more likely to happen?
Rocks underground that are easily dissolvable by water.
What it the slow movement of large amounts of soil downslope?
creep
What is the elevation of oak mountain?
310 ft
Give an example of something found on the electromagnetic spectrum.
Radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, X-rays, and gamma rays
What is one agent of erosion?
Water, wind, ice or gravity.
Difference between mudslide, landslide, rockfall, and creep.
All are caused by gravity, mudslide is mud, landslide is soil, rockslide is rocks, and creep is like a landslide but slow.
Which direction is the Winding Beck River Flowing?
NW to SE
Define remote sensing.
Studying or taking images of an object without physically interacting with it.