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Erosion and Deposition
Stream Table
Vocabulary
Soil
Landforms
100
Landforms formed by erosion
What are Canyons, riverbeds, and Valleys?
100
Fill in the the sentence Large particles settled __________ than smaller particles. Sooner or later
What is large particles settled sooner than smaller particles?
100
A fan shaped deposit formed when a fast-flowing stream (often a flash flood) flows out onto a dry area.
What is an alluvial fan?
100
Fill in the blank Soil is made of __________ __________ and __________.
What is Soil is made of earth materials and humus.
100
Give some examples of some changes to landforms that would take a longer time.
What are tree roots, Chemical weathering, and freezing water
200
Landforms formed by deposition
What are Alluvial fans and deltas?
200
True or False Water moves faster when the steam table slope is steep.
What is True?
200
A deep valley with steep sides eroded by a river.
What is a canyon?
200
How is physical weathering different than chemical weathering?
New materials are made in chemical weathering but not in physical weathering.
200
Give some processes that change landforms in a fast pace?
What are Volcano Eruptions, Landslides, earthquakes and Flash Floods.
300
The settling of sediments in a new location.
What is deposition?
300
True or False Earth Materials settle faster when the slope is steep.
What is False?
300
A fan-shaped deposit at the mouth of a river.
What is a delta?
300
The process by which rocks rub or bang against one another
What is abrasion?
300
How can a volcano create a new landform?
They can create a new landform by bringing Lava and new rock onto the Earth's surface.
400
The taking away of weathered rock.
What is erosion?
400
True or false The delta formed in a stream table with no slope is larger.
What is False?
400
The land that gets covered by water from a stream or river during a flood.
What is a Floodplain?
400
Draw a picture of a Landslide
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500
Rock broken into smaller pieces.
What is weathering?
500
True or False Both a flood and normal stream caused an alluvial fan.
What is True?
500
A low area between hills and mountains, often where a river flows.
What is a valley?
500
Draw a picture of a volcano
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