erosion

Question 1

erosion

Answer 1

the geological process in which earthen materials are worn away and transported by natural forces such as wind or water.

Question 2

weathering

Answer 2

the breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals on Earths surface.

Question 3

water cycle

Answer 3

the continuous movement of water within the Earth and atmosphere.

Question 4

evaporation

Answer 4

an element or compound is a phase transition from the liquid phase to vapor.

Question 5

condensation

Answer 5

is the change of the state of matter from the gas phase into the liquid phase,

Question 6

precipitation

Answer 6

an aqueous solution, precipitation is the process of transforming a dissolved substance into an insoluble

Question 7

surface runoff

Answer 7

water “running off” the land surface.

Question 8

tributary

Answer 8

a freshwater stream that feeds into a larger stream, river or other body of water.

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watershed

Answer 9

an area of land that drains all the streams and rainfall to a common outlet such as the outflow of a reservoir, mouth of a bay, or any point along a stream channel.

Question 10

continental divide

Answer 10

a boundary that separates a continent’s river systems.

Question 11

deposition

Answer 11

the laying down of sediment carried by wind, flowing water, the sea or ice.

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delta

Answer 12

the flat, low-lying plain that sometimes forms at the mouth of a river from deposits of sediments.

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floodplain

Answer 13

the flat area bordering a river, composed of sediment deposited during flooding.

Question 14

water table

Answer 14

an arrangement of information or data, typically in rows and columns, or possibly in a more complex structure.

Question 15

sewage treatment plants

Answer 15

a facility in which a combination of various processes

Question 16

septic tank

Answer 16

a tank in which the solid matter of continuously flowing sewage is disintegrated by bacteria.

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sea stacks

Answer 17

Isolated outcrops of rock standing in the ocean

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sea arches

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develops when a headland protruding into the ocean causes waves to refract around it.

Question 19

sea caves

Answer 19

formed primarily from erosion caused by waves.

Question 20

wave-cut terraces

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a shallow-water shelf inclining gently away from the base of an eroded sea cliff.

Question 21

headlands

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a coastal land form, a point of land usually high and often with a sheer drop, that extends into a body of water.

Question 22

beach

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a narrow, gently sloping strip of land that lies along the edge of an ocean, lake, or river.

Question 23

glacier

Answer 23

a large, perennial accumulation of crystalline ice, snow, rock, sediment, and often liquid

Question 24

glacial drift

Answer 24

A general term applied to all rock material (clay, silt, sand, gravel, boulders)

Question 25

till

Answer 25

unsorted material deposited directly by glacial ice and showing no stratification.

Question 26

stratified drift

Answer 26

predominantly sorted sediment laid down by or in melt water from glaciers and includes sand, gravel, silt, and clay arranged in layers.