Chapter 27.2

Question 1

What is the difference between weathering & erosion?

Answer 1

Weathering is the breakdown of materials. Erosion is the surface removal.

Question 2

If the slope of a river decreases, what will happen to the river’s speed?

Answer 2

It will increase.

Question 3

What are small streams called that flow into large rivers?

Answer 3

Tributaries

Question 4

What is the boundary that separates drainage basins called?

Answer 4

drainage divide

Question 5

What is it called when water flowers downhill under the influence of gravity & water?

Answer 5

A channel

Question 6

How are young rivers shape?

Answer 6

V-shape

Question 7

What river are wide with smooth & gentle slopes?

Answer 7

Mature rivers

Question 8

What type of landform is created when rivers flood & drop their sediment load?

Answer 8

Flood plains

Question 9

What is a fan shape-sediment deposit that forms at the mouth of a river?

Answer 9

Delta

Question 10

What are distributaries?

Answer 10

Branching channels

Question 11

What is formed at the mouth of a river or stream that enters dry land?

Answer 11

Alluvial Fans

Question 12

What are the two types of glaciers?

Answer 12

Valley glaciers & continental glaciers.

Question 13

Where do valley glaciers form?

Answer 13

High mountainous regions.

Question 14

Where do continental glaciers form?

Answer 14

They form in colder climates & they occupy large land areas.

Question 15

Where are the two continental glaciers located?

Answer 15

Greenland & Antarctica

Question 16

What is a cirque?

Answer 16

Bowl shaped basin.

Question 17

What is an arete?

Answer 17

Long sharpe ridgeline between valley glaciers.

Question 18

What is a horn in a mountainous region?

Answer 18

Sharpened peaks

Question 19

What shape of a valley do valley glaciers form?

Answer 19

U-shaped valleys

Question 20

What are tributary glaciers?

Answer 20

Small glaciers that feed into large glaciers.

Question 21

What type of valleys do tributary glaciers form?

Answer 21

Hanging valleys

Question 22

Which side does erosion on a sand dune occur on?

Answer 22

Windward

Question 23

Which side does deposition on a sand dune occur on?

Answer 23

Leeward

Question 24

What is deflation?

Answer 24

The removal of small particles by wind, leaving heavier particles behind.

Question 25

What is desert pavement?

Answer 25

When small particles are removed, & the remaining surface is left.

Question 26

The shape & sizes of landforms depends on…?

Answer 26

Wind speed, amount of time the wind blows, & sediment supply.

Question 27

What are 3 landforms created by wave erosion?

Answer 27

Coastal cliffs, sea stacks, & sea arches.

Question 28

What are 2 examples of deposition?

Answer 28

Sand bars, & sand spits

Question 29

What are sand bars?

Answer 29

Landforms that are parallel to the shoreline.

Question 30

What are sand spits?

Answer 30

Are like sandbars, but they curve back toward land. (hook shape)

Question 31

What are some things that can cause mass wasting?

Answer 31

Snow, heavy rains, earthquakes, or human activity.