erosion

Question 1

erosion

Answer 1

process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents.

Question 2

weathering

Answer 2

process of wearing or being worn by long exposure to the atmosphere.

Question 3

water cycle

Answer 3

cycle of processes by which water circulates between the earth’s oceans, atmosphere, and land, involving precipitation as rain and snow, drainage in streams and rivers, and return to the atmosphere by evaporation and transpiration.

Question 4

evaporation

Answer 4

the process of turning from liquid into vapor.

Question 5

condensation

Answer 5

water which collects as droplets on a cold surface when humid air is in contact with

Question 6

precipitation

Answer 6

any liquid or frozen water that forms in the atmosphere and falls back to the Earth

Question 7

surface runoff

Answer 7

flow of water occurring on the ground surface when excess rainwater, stormwater, meltwater, or other sources, can no longer sufficiently rapidly infiltrate in the soil

Question 8

tributary

Answer 8

river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake.

Question 9

watershed

Answer 9

area or ridge of land that separates waters flowing to different rivers, basins, or seas.

Question 10

continental divide

Answer 10

divide on a continent such that the drainage basin on one side of the divide feeds into one ocean or sea

Question 11

deposition

Answer 11

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

Question 12

delta

Answer 12

wetlands that form as rivers empty their water and sediment into another body of water

Question 13

floodplain

Answer 13

generally flat area of land next to a river or stream.

Question 14

water table

Answer 14

underground boundary between the soil surface and the area where groundwater saturates spaces between sediments and cracks in rock.

Question 15

sewage treatment plants

Answer 15

place where sewage is cleaned so that it is not harmful or dangerous to the environment.

Question 16

septic tank

Answer 16

buried, water-tight container usually made of concrete, fiberglass, or polyethylene

Question 17

sea stacks

Answer 17

Isolated outcrops of rock standing in the ocean

Question 18

sea arches

Answer 18

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

Question 19

sea caves

Answer 19

erosional features that form in high energy tidal environments.

Question 20

wave-cut terraces

Answer 20

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

Question 21

headlands

Answer 21

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

Question 22

beach

Answer 22

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

Question 23

glacier

Answer 23

slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles.

Question 24

glacial drift

Answer 24

rock material ground up and transported by a glacier and deposited by or from the ice (till) or in water derived from the melting of ice (outwash or lake sediment

Question 25

till

Answer 25

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

Question 26

stratified drift

Answer 26

Sediments deposited by glacial meltwater that are sorted and layered