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Sediments
Volcanoes
Sedimentary Rocks
Mass movement
Coastal
100
The deepest level to which streams can erode.
What is the Base Level?
100
Eruptions of rock fragments/lava that when cooled are sharp and jagged.
What is a volcanic bomb?
100
When the grains move by rolling/jumping?
What is Saltation?
100
A type of flow that triggered by heavy rain and spring thaw and has a typical amount of water.
What are Debris Flows?
100
The depth at which water movement is negligible so there is no erosion of sediments. (1/2 wavelegth)
What is a Wave Base?
200
The kinds of sediments deposited on a point bar?
What are Sands and Silts?
200
A type of ash that is pea-sized and covers Pompeii.
What is Lapilli?
200
The sedimentary structure created by high velocity waves.
What is Cross-bedding?
200
The fastest kind of flow, moving at over 400km/hr.
What is a Debris Avalanche?
200
Constant wind and a substantial supply of sediment.
What are the requirements for Longshore Drift?
300
The kind of sediments deposited on a flood plain?
What are Silts and Clays?
300
Lava caused by submarine eruptions along the mid-atlantic ridge when magma becomes lava under water.
What is Pillow Lava?
300
The kind of ripple created by an oscillating current.
What are Symmetrical ripples?
300
The free fall of a single large mass off of a cliff or steep slope.
What are Rock falls?
300
Human creations that are used to trap sediment and widen beaches, but create erosion downstream.
What are Groynes?
400
BONUS SYNOPIC QUESTION: A mathematical model that describes predator-prey relationships?
What are Lotka-Volterra Equations?
400
Places that have volcanic activity that are not alone plate boundaries.
What are Hot Spots?
400
The kind of exposure that is associated with terrestrial deposits.
What is Subaerial exposure?
400
The sudden downslop movement of detached masses of bedrock?
What are Rockslides?
400
Protected areas of the shore from waves where sand can be deposited.
What are Breakwaters?
500
BONUS SYNOPIC QUESTION: The point at which the growth rate of the population is zero.
What is the Equilibrium Point?
500
The reason for the lower temperature by 0.5C for ten years around the volcanic eruption.
What is an ash bed?
500
BONUS SYNOPTIC QUESTION: The kind of animal that has who is modelled by this equation: dR/dt=kR-aRW
What is Prey?
500
BONUS SYNOPTIC: The format of an integral so that "x=tantheta" is used for trip substitution.
What is (a^2+x^2)^1/2
500
The zone below the low tide mark.
What is the Shoreface?