Erosion
Part II
Definition
What Type
Miscellaneous
100

The most destructive thing on Earth

Water

100

This is information you can detect with your senses

Observation

100

Natural materials that prevent erision

ground cover

100

You control these

independent variable

100

A fan shaped deposit of eroded material on land 

alluvial fan

200

Small pieces of things

sediment 

200

When water does not infiltrate the soil 

runoff

200

Something that is changed in an experiement

variable

200

These change or do not change as a result of the experiment

dependent variable

200

This showed that science can end all humanity when science tries to resurrect an extinct species 

Jurassic Park

300

Something dropped

Deposition 

300

Used to show a bigger thing

model 

300

This affects how fast water moves

slope

300

When you set up an experiment about plant growth you make sure the sun, water and soil are all the same these are this.

controlled variables
300
A bend in a river 

meander 

400

Protects soil

Ground cover

400

Bottom of flowing water

riverbed

400

A smaller river that feeds into a larger river

tributary 

400

I can 

independent variable

400

True or False

Science is based on agreement and a consensus of scientists 

False 

500

Slanted surface of an object

Slope

500

Wind, water and Ice are the main culprits of this

erosion

500

A fan shaped deposit of eroded material at the mouth of a river

delta

500

In this experiment on erosion the result showed that the soil moved further when the water ran faster.  The soil movement in this experiment was what?

dependent variable

500

This separates different watersheds

divide