2.2 weathering, erosion, and weathering

Question 1

Weathering

Answer 1

The wearing down or breaking of rocks through physical, chemical, or organic means

Question 2

Erosion

Answer 2

A natural process where material is worn away from the Earth’s surface and transported elsewhere

Question 3

Sedimentation

Answer 3

The deposition of suspended particles from water

Question 4

Deposition

Answer 4

A geological process where sediments, soil and rocks are added to a landform or land mass

Question 5

Delta

Answer 5

A low-lying triangular area at the mouth of a river formed by the deposition of sediments

Question 6

Morphology

Answer 6

The study of the forms of things

Question 7

Turbidity

Answer 7

The level of transparency loss water has due to the presence of suspended particles in the water; the higher the turbidity, the harder it is to see through the water.

Question 8

estuary

Answer 8

A partially enclosed, tidal, coastal body of water where fresh water from a river meets the saltwater of the ocean

Question 9

littoral zone

Answer 9

The benthic, or bottom, zone between the highest and lowest spring tide water marks on a shoreline; also referred to as the intertidal zone