The us of a larger hole in our water container simulated this in our stream table.
What is a flood?
100
The name of the famous landform carved by the Colorado River
What is The Grand Canyon?
100
This forms when flood waters reach another body of water slowing to form
What is a delta
200
Term for when a river curves or loops.
What is meander?
200
Nearly level area that has been uplifted.
What is a plateau?
200
Mountain erosion was simulated in our stream table by creating this factor.
What is a slope.
200
At the base of the Nile River there is a landform as the Nile flows into the Mediterranean Sea
What is a Delta?
200
Like water that leaves a mountainous area and flows onto the flatter plains what factor in our stream tables might slow water down?
What is less slope?
300
Land that gets covered by water from a stream or river during a flood.
What is a flood plain?
300
Nearly level area that has been eroded or where material has been deposited.
What is a plain.
300
In our experiments when we changed the size of the whole in the water container we changed
What is a variable?
300
The Columbia River Gorge is an example of a river forming
What is a canyon?
300
When Earth material is carried by moving water and eventually settles out in a process called
What is deposition?
400
V-shaped Valley eroded by a river.
What is a canyon?
400
High, uplifted area with steep slopes.
What is a Mountain?
400
Making notes and drawing pictures during an investigation is an example of
What is scientific observation?
400
On Mount Rainer Paradise Glacier is grinding up rock and stone which is an example of
What is erosion?
400
Two or more types of material of differing weights are carried by flowing water and they settle or stop flowing what happens to the lighter material.
What is the lighter material stays on top and travels farther.
500
Gently sloping shore next to a body of water, washed by waves or tides, often covered by pebbles or sand.
What is Beach?
500
Fan shaped deposit of earth materials that forms at the end of steep canyons in arid regions.
What is an alluvial fan.
500
The scientific term used for the decisions reached by scientists.
For example; the faster moving water on the sloped stream table carried away more Earth materials than slower moving flood water is an example of
What is a conclusion?
500
The gentle Appalachains are an example of mountains that have been exposed to what processes (2).
What is weathering and erosion.
500
Earth materials that have been eroded by a river and is deposited is called