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Drainage Basin
Deposition
Mechanical Weathering
Dune
Aquifer
Slump
Glaciers
Old
Chemcial
Mature
Young
Chemcial
Mechanical
Creep
Young
Young
Sediments
Erosion
Waves, currents, tides
Abrasion
Chemical Weathering
Runoff
Sheet erosion
Mechanical
Chemcial
Ice Wedging is an example of
Rainwater that flows across Earth's surface
A layer of permeable rock that lets water move freely.
Weathering that changes the chemical composition of a rock is called _______.
Forms curves called meanders
The area of land from which a stream or river collect runoff.
Weathering breaks down rocks into smaller pieces called ________.
Sediments slowly shift downhill in the process of ___________.
Acid rain dissolving the surface of marble statues is an example of _______.
When materials slip down a curved surface as one large mass it is called _________.
As ______________ move, they pick up boulders, gravel, and sand in an erosion process called plucking.
The breaking apart of rocks without changing the chemical composition of the rock is ________.
The scraping or wearing away of rock carried by wind or water is called ____________.
Flows slowly through a floodplain it has carved.
A mound of sediments drifted by the wind is called a _______.
Plant roots grow into cracks of rocks
What are the three major shoreline forces?
When oxygen combines with iron, rust is formed.
The carrying away of materials from one place to another is called _________.
Carbonic acid can dissolve some minerals such as calcite.
_______ erosion occurs when sheets of water flowing across the land pick up and carry away sediments.
May have whitewater rapids and waterfalls.
When agents of erosion drop their sediments as they lose energy it is called ________.
Erodes the stream bottom faster than the sides.
Stream that flows swiftly through a steep valley
| Description | Match: |
The carrying away of materials from one place to another is called _________. | Erosion |
The breaking apart of rocks without changing the chemical composition of the rock is ________. | Mechanical Weathering |
When agents of erosion drop their sediments as they lose energy it is called ________. | Deposition |
Weathering breaks down rocks into smaller pieces called ________. | Sediments |
Weathering that changes the chemical composition of a rock is called _______. | Chemical Weathering |
Acid rain dissolving the surface of marble statues is an example of _______. | Chemcial |
Ice Wedging is an example of | Mechanical |
Carbonic acid can dissolve some minerals such as calcite. | Chemcial |
When oxygen combines with iron, rust is formed. | Chemcial |
Plant roots grow into cracks of rocks | Mechanical |
When materials slip down a curved surface as one large mass it is called _________. | Slump |
Sediments slowly shift downhill in the process of ___________. | Creep |
As ______________ move, they pick up boulders, gravel, and sand in an erosion process called plucking. | Glaciers |
The scraping or wearing away of rock carried by wind or water is called ____________. | Abrasion |
A mound of sediments drifted by the wind is called a _______. | Dune |
_______ erosion occurs when sheets of water flowing across the land pick up and carry away sediments. | Sheet erosion |
A layer of permeable rock that lets water move freely. | Aquifer |
The area of land from which a stream or river collect runoff. | Drainage Basin |
Rainwater that flows across Earth's surface | Runoff |
What are the three major shoreline forces? | Waves, currents, tides |
Stream that flows swiftly through a steep valley | Young |
Flows slowly through a floodplain it has carved. | Old |
May have whitewater rapids and waterfalls. | Young |
Forms curves called meanders | Mature |
Erodes the stream bottom faster than the sides. | Young |
