When water is poured over soil and it causes a crack to form that water flows through, what is the term for this?
What is a channel
200
The kind of sand dunes in Florida
What is coastal dunes/beach dunes
200
Why are you most likely to find sand dunes at the beach
What is because the rivers and oceans deposited it there.
200
Limestone rocks provide places for shore birds to perch at the beach. These rocks look rough because they have been broken down over time. What causes the physical weathering of the rocks?
What is water and birds
200
Why did Archaeologists have to dig to get to the site of the Jamestown colonies
What is sediments had been built up over time forming a layer of soil that buried the settlement
200
This is what causes and Alluvial fan to form
What is change in elevation
300
Sediment from mountains many miles away is continually being transported to Florida. What best explanation as to how this sediment moved so far away from where the mountains are now
What is sediment is carried by water and streams
300
layers of sediment cement together because of pressure create this
What is sedimentary rock
300
If you rub two rocks together and bits of rock are rubbed off, you call this
What is weathering
300
What causes a Delta
What is the deposition of sediment over time at the point that a river meets the ocean
300
This landform was likely present before a sinkhole forms
What is a cavern
400
The effect of glaciers on Florida
What is lowering the sea level
400
the two agents that are mainly responsible for the transport of sediment in rivers?
What are water and gravity
400
The way lakes in Florida are formed
What is sinkholes
400
This causes barrier islands to form.
What is sand deposition
400
What will most likely cause glacial drift to be deposited
What is Glacial Retreat
500
The Everglades is found in what region of Florida
What is Coastal lowlands
500
Leaves release acids into the soil as they decay. How could the decaying leaves affect the rocks in the soil underneath them?
What is chemical weathering
500
What causes canyons to form
What is water erosion from streams (think the Grand Canyon)
500
This is how the Appalacian Mountains were formed
What is pressure from both sides causing the earths crust to fold
500
What landform is mainly formed because of erosion by groundwater