Erosion
Streams
Overall questions
Glaciers and more
Mish mash
100
Weathering of rock produces particles that are transported as sediments through this process
What is erosion
100
Running water erosion confined to a channel
What is a stream
100
What is the driving force behind Weathering, erosion and deposition?
What is the water cycle.
100
Expain what a glacier is
What is Expand glacier (glā'shər) A large mass of ice moving very slowly through a valley or spreading outward from a center. Glaciers form over many years from packed snow in areas where snow accumulates faster than it melts. A glacier is always moving, but when its forward edge melts faster than the ice behind it advances, the glacier as a whole shrinks backward. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
100
Sorted sediments have deposited similar in size or density or shape are called unsorted sediments.
What is false, they are sorted
200
The breaksown of rock into smaller pieces WITHOUT chemical change is called
What is PHYSICAL weathering
200
A smaller stream that flows into a larger stream
What is a tributary
200
True or false--the water cycle and winds help form the surface landscape.
What is true. This along with gravity and the sun.
200
The Fingerlakes were formed by these. Bonus: Name one of the eleven
What is What are glaciers. The Fingerlakes are bodies of water in U-shaped valleys cared by glaciersand often partley dammed at one end by a pile of glacially deposited sediments. The eleven Finger Lakes from east to west are: Otisco Lake, Skaneateles Lake, Owasco Lake, Cayuga Lake, Seneca Lake, Keuka Lake, Canandaigua Lake, Honeoye Lake, Canadice Lake, Hemlock Lake, and Conesus Lake.
200
The process in which sediments are released, settled from or dropped from an erosional system.
What is deposition
300
Name one way physical weathering can occur
What is frost action, plant root growth, abrupt temperature changes (causes rocks to crack apart) mining, or erosion (also called abrasion)
300
The area of land drained by any one stream (drainage area)
What is a watershed
300
Two streams begin at the same elevation and have equal volumes. Which statement best explains why one stream could be flowing faster than the other stream? 1. The faster stream contains more dissolved minerals. 2. The faster stream has a much steeper gradient. 3. The streams are flowing in different directions. 4. The faster stream has a temperature of 10°C, and the slower stream has a temperature of 20°C.
What is #2
300
Valley created by glacier erosion
What are U-shaped valleys
300
What are two factors that cause deposition?
What are the velocity of the erosional system and charateristics of the sediments themselves
400
Smaller particles that are broken down from the Earth's surface rocks that are carried away by water or wind.
What are sediments.
400
a fan shaped area at the end of a sream that forms from sediments deosited over time from the evershifting channel at the stream's mouth
What is a delta
400
So, here it is: if a particle is loosened, chemically or mechanically, but stays put, call it ____________. Once the particle starts moving, call it erosion.
weathering
400
Water would filter through marble size rocks much faster than particles the size of sand--true or false?
What is true. The larger the size of the particles underground the higher the porosity and permeability.
400
What is greatly influenced by climate
What is the rate and type of weathering--chemical weathering is most pronounced in warm, moist climates. The higher the average temperature and precipitation the more rapid the chemical weathering. In cold climates frost action is a major common form of weathering.
500
Characteristic rounded shape of rocks from river beds and beaches is caused by this process
What is abrasion
500
Any large rock that weathers could become a
What is a pebble, a small, rounded stone, especially one worn smooth by the action of water.
500
A series of mounds of deposited sedimentsf found on the zone of breaking waves
What is an sandbar
500
What are the five key components of the water cycle process
What is the water cycle process looks like this: evaporation►condensation►precipitation►infiltration►run-off (Everyone cuts pies in rain)
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