Chapter 27.2

Question 1

What is the difference between weathering and erosion

Answer 1

Erosion is the removal of surface material and weathering is the breakdown of materials

Question 2

If the slope of a river decreases, will the speed of the river decrease too

Answer 2

Yes

Question 3

What are small streams that flow into larger rivers

Answer 3

tributaries

Question 4

what is the land area called that gathers water for a major river

Answer 4

drainage basin

Question 5

What is the boundary that separates distinct drainage basins

Answer 5

drainage divide

Question 6

As water flows downhill due to gravity, water erodes earth’s surface creating what

Answer 6

channels

Question 7

young rivers create what shape due to fast movement

Answer 7

V-shape

Question 8

what types of rivers are wide with smooth and gentle slopes

Answer 8

mature

Question 9

When river flood and drop their sediment load, which type of land form is formed

Answer 9

flood plains

Question 10

What are the fan shape sediment depots that form at the end of the river

Answer 10

deltas

Question 11

What are distributaries

Answer 11

They are branching channels created by deltas

Question 12

What forms when a river or stream enters into dry land

Answer 12

alluvial fans

Question 13

What are the 2 types of glaciers

Answer 13

Valley and Continental

Question 14

Where do valley glaciers form

Answer 14

form in high mountainous regions

Question 15

Where do continental glaciers form

Answer 15

Ice sheets that occupy large land areas in colder climates

Question 16

Where are the 2 continental glaciers located

Answer 16

Greenland and Antarctica

Question 17

What are Cirque

Answer 17

Bowl shaped basins

Question 18

How do arete’s form

Answer 18

form where 2 adjacent valley glaciers meet and erode a long, sharp ridgeline

Question 19

What is a horn within a mountainous region

Answer 19

sharpened peeks

Question 20

what shape of valleys do valley glaciers create

Answer 20

U-shaped valleys

Question 21

what is a tributary glacier

Answer 21

small glaciers that feed into the large glaciers

Question 22

what types of valley do tributary glaciers create

Answer 22

hanging valleys

Question 23

On which side of the dune does erosion occur

Answer 23

windward

Question 24

On which side of a dune is sediment deposited

Answer 24

leeward

Question 25

What is deflation

Answer 25

the removal of small particles by win, leaving heavier particles behind

Question 26

What is it call when small particles are removed then remaining hard surface left behind

Answer 26

desert pavement

Question 27

What does the shape and sizes of land forms due to wind depend on

Answer 27

wind speed, amount of time the wind blows, sediment supply

Question 28

What are some land forms created by wave erosion

Answer 28

coastal cliffs, sea stacks, sea arches

Question 29

What are 2 examples of wave deposition

Answer 29

Sand bars, and sand spits

Question 30

what is a sand bars

Answer 30

land form that is parallel to the shoreline

Question 31

what are sand spits

Answer 31

sand bars that extend into the water from land and curve back toward the land in a hook shape

Question 32

what can cause mass wasting

Answer 32

snow, human activity, earthquakes, and heavy rain

Question 33

what are some examples of mass wasting

Answer 33

mud flows, rock slides, landslides