Vocabulary
Erosion
Deposition
Topography
Remote Sensing
100
The process in which sediment is dropped or deposited in a new location
Deposition
100
Name 3 things/agents that cause erosion.
Wind, Water, Ice, and Gravity
100
Which geologic process forms beaches on the shore of a bay?
Deposition
100
What does this map show?
Elevation/Height
100
What does GPS stand for
Global Positioning System
200
A large mass of moving ice on land
Glacier
200
What seems to be responsible for forming Hoodoos?
Wind, Sand - Abrasion
200
When a river is carrying eroded sediment, what causes the sediment to finally begin to drop and be deposited?
When the speed of the water decreases
200
What does LIDAR imaging show that regular satellite imaging does not?
Elevation changes
200
Where are satellite images taken from
Space
300
The process in which sediment is moved from one place to another
Erosion
300
Explain the erosion rate between these two stones over time 
The sandstone will erode much faster because it is not as hard or dense
300
What landform is being created in the satellite image below?
DELTA
300
Why does Iowa have hills?
Water flow/stream erosion
300
What is the difference between SONAR and RADAR?
Sonar uses sound and Radar uses light
400
The direction that rivers flow.
Down.
400
Which graph accurately shows the relationship for velocity between a river and the body of water it enters into?
B
400
Which moraine formed when the glacier reached it's maximum advance?
M
400
Which landform matches each labeled section on the map?
Left to Right: Mountain, Canyon, Delta
400
How do geologists know if a Glacier has shrunk or grown over a year?
They can help track glacier movement/retreat over time using SATELLITES
500
the type of sediment in soil that has the SMALLEST particle size
clay
500
Which agent of erosion is responsible for forming valleys and canyons?
Water/Rivers
500
Location 4
500
Where is deposition occurring?
at the delta
500
What caused this mountain stream to become so much larger (taken one month apart in Canada)
Glacial melt