Vocabulary
Chemical vs Physical
Por/Perm/Cap
Drainage Patterns and Landscapes
Glaciers
100
This is the movement of sediment
What is erosion?
100
Bends in a stream are also called what
What is a meander?
100
This describes how easily water can move through particles
What is permeability?
100
What is this drainage pattern called?
What is dendritic?
100
This feature is left behind when a glacier begins to recede.
What is a terminal (end) moraine?
200
This is the breaking down of rock through physical or chemical means.
What is weathering?
200
What is chemical weathering?
200
This describes the upward movement of water based on the size of the particles
What is capillarity?
200
What is this drainage pattern called?
What is Trellis?
200
This feature is created by deposited sediment and can show the direction of the glacier's movement.
What is a drumlin?
300
This is the term used to describe small bits of rock
What is sediment?
300
What is physical weathering?
300
This describes the open space between particles
What is porosity?
300
This landscape is describes as having steep edges but often times having flat tops
What is a plateau?
300
This feature creates a snake-like hill from glacial deposited material
What is an esker?
400
This is when eroded sediment is dropped
What is deposition?
400
What is physical weathering?
400
Both beakers hold the same volume of material. Out of porosity, permeability, and capillarity, which will be equal for both containers
What is porosity?
400
This landscape consists of metamorphic bedrock and high elevations
What is highlands (mountains)?
400
As a glacier moves, rocks and other sediments scrape along the ground causing parallel scrapes in the underlying rock. These scratches are called ________
What are striations?
500
These are the two types of weathering
What are physical and chemical weathering?
500
What is chemical weathering?
500
Both beakers hold the same volume of material. This beaker will have a higher capillarity than the other
What is beaker A (left)?
500
What drainage pattern is shown below?
What is Annular?
500
This feature is created when sediments are deposited over leftover ice from a receding glacier.
What is a kettle lake?