Chapter 3 Landscapes fashioned

Question 0

_________, such as mountain building and volcanic activity, derive their energy from earths interior

Answer 0

Internal Processes

Question 1

Weathering, mass wasting, and erosion are all called__________ because they occur at or near Earths surface

Answer 1

External processes

Question 2

Downslope movement of rock and soul due to gravity

Answer 2

Mass wasting

Question 3

Summary of the circulation of earths water supply

Answer 3

Hydrologic cycle

Question 4

Lowest point to which a stream can erode

Answer 4

Base level

Question 5

Two types of base levels?

Answer 5

Ultimate & local or temporary

Question 6

Raising base level causes______

Answer 6

Deposition

Question 7

Lowering base level causes_____

Answer 7

Erosion

Question 8

Transported material is called?

Answer 8

Streams load

Question 9

Stream sediments are known as?

Answer 9

Alluvium

Question 10

_______, form parallel to the stream channel by successive floods over many years

Answer 10

Natural levees

Question 11

The most common landform on earths surface

Answer 11

Stream Valleys

Question 12

Two general types of stream valleys

Answer 12

Narrow valleys & Wide valleys

Question 13

Features of Wide valleys often include

Answer 13

Floodplains

Question 14

Common drainage patterns

Answer 14

Dendritic
Radial
Rectangular
Trellis

Question 15

The upper limit of the zone of saturation

Answer 15

Water table

Question 16

Body of sediment where a stream enters a lake or the ocean

Answer 16

Delta