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Water
Erosion and Sediments
Landforms
Earth
Miscellaneous
100
One of the most important causes of change on Earth
What is running water?
100
Pieces of material carried by moving water (sand, gravel, rocks)
What is sediment?
100
Deep V-shaped valleys
What are canyons?
100
The hard outer layer of Earth
What is the lithosphere?
100
A map that uses contour lines to show height above or below sea level
What is a topographic map?
200
Another name for "small streams"
What are tributaries?
200
Bends of S-shapes in rivers (caused by erosion and sedimentation)
What are meanders?
200
A landform that is created when sediments are deposited on shorelines
What is a beach?
200
Earth's water layer
What is the hydrosphere?
200
A map that uses shading to show elevation
What is a relief map?
300
Water that runs off Earth's solid surface
What is runoff?
300
Fertile land that is formed when a river overflows and releases sediments
What is a flood plain?
300
A natural process can be set off by earthquakes, volcanic activity, and heavy rains
What is a landslide?
300
The layer of gases that surround the Earth
What is the atmosphere?
300
The place where a river empties into an ocean
What is the mouth of a river?
400
An area from which water is drained
What is a watershed?
400
A fan-shaped deposit of sediment
What is a delta?
400
Landforms created when wind picks up sand particles and carries them until obstacles, such as sand and pieces of shell, slow the wind speed
What are sand dunes?
400
Water, gravity, wind, waves, and glaciers are all agents of this
What is erosion?
400
Land that is nutrient rich and good for farming and agriculture
What are fertile farmlands?
500
A force that keeps water moving downhill
What is gravity?
500
A landform that is created when a river slowly cuts its way across and down into resistant rock.
What is a water gap?
500
A landform that is created by small channels that are deepened and widened by erosion
What is a river valley?
500
About 70% of the Earth's surface; includes oceans, lakes, rivers, streams, and ice
What is the hydrosphere?
500
A line that connects points of equal height above or below sea level
What is a contour line?