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Landforms
Water
Erosion
Deposition
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100
A nearly level area of land that has been lifted above the surrounding areas.
What is a plateau?
100
True or False. Water will flow uphill when it rains.
What is false?
100
During erosion, earth materials are ____________.
What is worn away or picked up?
100
During deposition, earth materials ___________.
What is settle down?
100
This word is the thing you choose to change in a science experiment.
What is a variable?
200
A V-Shaped valley eroded by a river.
What is a canyon?
200
Sometimes flowing water forms multiple paths or curves due to __________.
What is avoiding obstacles?
200
Erosion helped to create this major landform.
What is the Grand Canyon?
200
These three earth materials (sand, pebbles, and clay) would be deposited in the following order...
What is pebbles, sand, and clay?
200
Your _________ variable is the one that the scientist CAN control.
What is independent?
300
A fan-shaped deposit at the mouth (end) of a river.
What is a delta?
300
Rivers can help to create these two landforms.
What are canyons and deltas?
300
In order for erosion to happen, there must be __________ water.
What is flowing or moving?
300
The _________ of earth materials determines when they will settles out of water or be deposited.
What is weight?
300
Your __________ variable is the one the scientist CANNOT control (or the one the scientist is measuring).
What is dependent?
400
A curve or loop in a river channel.
What is a meander?
400
Rivers help these two processes happen which often change the earth.
What are erosion and deposition?
400
Erosion is the process that forms ____________.
What is canyons?
400
True or False. Deposition must happen before erosion.
What is false?
400
When graphing your results, the independent variable belongs on this axis.
What is the x-axis?
500
A high uplifted area with steep slopes.
What is a mountain?
500
Water will always flow in this direction.
What is towards the lowest location?
500
Write a true statement comparing erosion and deposition.
Answers Vary
500
Deposition is the process that forms __________.
What is a delta?
500
A controlled experiment can be described as....
What is an experiment where only ONE variable is changed?