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Landforms
Erosion
Chemical Weathering
Mechanical Weathering
Topographic Maps
100
A river pours into another body of water and leaves a deposit of sediment called a _______
What is a delta
100
Movement of sediment from one place to another
What is erosion
100
The most important agent of chemical weathering
What is water
100
Another name for physical weathering
What is mechanical weathering
100
Lines running north and south of the equator
What is latitude
200
An area of high land with a flat surface
What is a plateau
200
These two things are formed by rainfall erosion
What is rills and gullies
200
When oxygen combines with iron it is called __________
What is iron oxide
200
Water freezes in a crack in a rock, expands, and makes it bigger
What is freezing and thawing
200
Lines running east and west of the equator
What is longitude
300
Wetlands with woods
What is a swamp
300
Landforms created by erosion
What is plateaus, valleys, plains
300
Acid rain is formed when rain combines with ________ in the air
What is fossil fuels
300
When roots of trees and other plants grow into cracks in rocks
What is plant growth
300
When a stream crosses between contour lines it forms a ___ - shape
What is V
400
A type of plain near the coast with very low elevation
What is coastal plains
400
The major agent of erosion
What is water
400
Chemical weathering produces smaller rock pieces with a different _____________ than the rock they came from
What is mineral composition
400
Animals that burrow in the ground loosen and break apart rocks in the soil
What is animal actions
400
The difference in elevation between two contour lines
What is contour interval
500
Arkansas geographic region, a huge ridge of loess (sand deposited by water or wind)
What is Crowley's Ridge
500
The agents of erosion (4)
What is water, wind, glaciers, gravity
500
The agents of chemical weathering (5)
What is water, oxygen, carbon dioxide, living things, acid rain
500
The five forms of mechanical weathering
What is freezing and thawing, release of pressure, plant growth, abrasion, animal actions
500
A ________ is a marking where exact elevation is known
What is benchmark