Erosion
This is the removal and transport of material from one place to another.
What is erosion?
A standing body of water surrounded by land, generally calm and stable; can be fresh or salt, formed in depressions created by
What is a lake?
These landforms protect us from harsh sea conditions by providing a barrier of windblown sand that gets trapped by beach grass.
What are dunes?
This is the process of breaking down rocks.
What is weathering?
This is when sediments are moved and deposited or “dropped off."
What is deposition?
Name one way glaciers cause erosion.
Abrasion
A large mass of ice that formed on land and erode the Earth’s surface as it moves slowly across it
What is a glacier?
These are large areas of flat land with few trees
What are plains?
Breaking materials down by water, wind, or ice..
What is physical weathering?
These factors or processes act together in a cycle that wears down and builds up Earth’s surface.
What is weathering, erosion, and deposition?
A type of coastal erosion; a current that flows parallel to the shoreline
What is a long shore current?
A type of groundwater erosion where acidic groundwater washes away areas of limestone and other types of rocks and leaves a hollow cavity in the earth.
What is a cavern?
Florida has over 11 million acres of this landform, where soil is saturated with ground and surface water, this shallow water provides a diverse habitat for plants and animals.
What are wetlands?
This process changes the material that the rock is made of into new material.
What is chemical weathering?
A large deposit of sediment that forms where a stream enters a large body of water
What is a delta?
Any type of erosion when gravity moves materials down a slope.
What is a mass movement or mass wasting?
A landform that rises high above its surroundings; higher than a hill, usually has steep slopes. Formed over millions of years primarily through plate tectonics. Fun fact: Britton Hill (in Walton County, north of Destin, FL) is the highest point in Florida, 345 feet above sea level.
What is an mountain?
While this landform is not exclusive to Florida, it is relatively common due to the limestone bedrock that Florida sits on. It is primarily caused by erosion and weathering.
What is a sinkhole?
How does wind cause abrasions?
What is wind gathering sediment, causing them to scrape, or grind against rocks.
Name three landforms formed by deposition.
What are delta's, the wetlands, sand dunes, the Barrier Islands, sand bars, beaches?
These are the five agents of erosion.
What are gravity, wind, running water, glaciers, and waves.
A type of plain that is flat, open rolling land with dense grass, wildflowers and low shrubs; can be classified as wet, or dry. The Gulf of Mexico coastline is mostly considered a coastal ________. South-central and southwest FL are called Florida’s “great ______ region”.
What is a prairie?
A type of wetland where water covers ground for long periods of time, usually not many trees, mostly grasses; can be saltwater or freshwater
What are marsh lands?
How do glaciers cause abrasions?
What are glaciers drag rocks across the surface of the land.
Describe a positive (Constructive) and negative (Destructive) affect of deposition.
What are building sand dunes, delta's beaches vs burying habitats, clog waterways, or alter (changing the direction of) navigation channels