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Vocabulary
Stream Tables
Erosion
Landforms
Miscellaneous
100
the wearing away of land
What is erosion
100
The water source that creates landforms slowly and has a standard flow.
What is standard water source?
100
meander
What is the curve or bend in a river.
100
Formed by the Colorado River
What is the Grand Canyon?
100
This is caused by deposition and can be found at the mouth of the river.
What is delta?
200
Channel
What is the course or path the water takes in a stream or river.
200
Water absorbs slower when the earth material is this.
What is wet or damp?
200
Wind and water
What are the two types of erosion.
200
Formed by wind and deposition
What are dunes?
200
Water drains better into the basin from the stream table when the stream table is in this position.
What is slope?
300
delta
What is a fan-shaped deposit of earth materials at the mouth of a stream
300
We put the wooden angle under the stream table to demonstrate this situation.
What is slope?
300
Canyons formed faster when we used this water source.
What is flood.
300
A large, nearly level area that has been lifted above a surrounding area/
What is a plateau?
300
The Grand Canyon is located here.
What is the Colorado Plateau?
400
A very heavy flow of water, which is greater that the normal flow of water and goes over the stream's normal channel
What is flood?
400
The water drained into this
What is basin?
400
The Wearing away of land
What is erosion
400
A shape or feature of the Earth's surface, like a delta or canyon.
What is landform?
400
The wearing away of earth material.
What is erosion?
500
a V-shaped valley eroded by a river or stream
What is canyon?
500
The two types of earth material that we mixed together.
What is clay and sand?
500
Meander, canyon, valley, mouth.
What are some landforms formed by erosion.
500
Construction or wall across a river that holds back the water flowing through the river, creating a reservoir or lake.
What is a dam?
500
When earth material is deposited in another area.
What is deposition?