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Landforms
Landforms
Landforms
Landforms
Weather
100
Rocks that have broken into tiny particles of sand, silt, or clay.
What is inorganic matter?
100
Living organisms that depend on soil
What is biotic?
100
The solid rock lying under the surface materials that are not in layers. It is a solid foundation.
What is bedrock?
100
Non-living elements.
What is abiotic?
100
Weather over a long period of time.
What is climate?
200
A raised area or mound of land created by faulting or erosion of a mountain that is usually no more than 30 feet from base to peak.
What is a hill?
200
Solid matter that floats in a liquid. It often settles to the bottom after a while.
What is sediment?
200
A triangle shaped area at a river's mouth, formed of mud and sand deposited by water.
What is a delta?
200
When wind and water take soil away.
What is erosion?
200
Body of air that has about the same temperature and humidity throughout.
What is air mass?
300
The distance between contour lines on a topographical map.
What is contour intervals?
300
A small channel carved by runoff.
What is a gully?
300
Mountains, plateaus, plains, and other physical features on Earth's surface.
What are landforms?
300
A narrow low land carved by a stream, or from erosion from rivers. These are usually between mountains or hills.
What is a valley?
300
Winds blowing almost constantly toward the equator from an easterly direction/
What are trade winds?
400
The top layer of the earth.
What is soil?
400
Wind and water cause this. This process makes rocks smaller. BREAKING!
What is weathering?
400
A bank along a stream or river that is intended to prevent flooding. These can be man made or made by sand bags.
What are levees?
400
A long narrow strip of land made from sand deposited in shallow water by waves.
What are barrier islands?
400
The leading edge of a moving mass of cold air. It brings thunderstorms, and leaves behind cooler air.
What is a cold front?
500
Overflows of a body of water beyond its banks or shore.
What is a flood?
500
Where a river flows into an ocean.
What is the mouth?
500
A stream or river which flows into a main stream.
What is a tributary?
500
A small body of naturally flowing frest water. These are smaller than a river.
What is a stream?
500
Warming of the waters in the Pacific Ocean. The most important recurring event that affects world climate.
What is El Nino?