Erosion

Question 1

erosion

Answer 1

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

Question 2

weathering

Answer 2

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

Question 3

water cycle

Answer 3

the 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 it.

Question 6

precipitation

Answer 6

the action or process of precipitating a substance from a solution.

Question 7

surface runoff

Answer 7

Surface runoff is the 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

a river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake.

Question 9

watershed

Answer 9

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

Question 10

continental divide

Answer 10

A continental divide is a drainage 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

the action of deposing someone, especially a monarch.

Question 12

delta

Answer 12

the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet transliterated as ‘d’.

Question 13

floodplain

Answer 13

an area of low-lying ground adjacent to a river, formed mainly of river sediments and subject to flooding.

Question 14

water table

Answer 14

the level below which the ground is saturated with water.

Question 15

sewage treatment plants

Answer 15

Sewage treatment is a type of wastewater treatment which aims to remove contaminants from sewage to produce an effluent that is suitable

Question 16

septic tank

Answer 16

a tank, typically underground, in which sewage is collected and allowed to decompose through bacterial activity before draining by means of a leaching field.

Question 17

sea stacks

Answer 17

a chimney, especially one on a factory, or a vertical exhaust pipe on a vehicle.

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

A sea cave, also known as a littoral cave, is a type of cave formed primarily by the wave action of the sea. The primary process involved is erosion.

Question 20

wave-cut terraces

Answer 20

A wave-cut platform, shore platform, coastal bench, or wave-cut cliff is the narrow flat area often found at the base of a sea cliff or along the shoreline of a lake, bay, or sea that was created by erosion.

Question 21

headlands

Answer 21

a narrow piece of land that projects from a coastline into the sea.

Question 22

beach

Answer 22

a strip of land covered with sand, pebbles, or small stones at the edge of a body of water, especially by the ocean between high- and low-water marks.

Question 23

glacier

Answer 23

a 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

In geology, drift is a name for all sediment transported by a glacier and deposited directly by or from the ice, or by glacial meltwater.

Question 25

till

Answer 25

up to; until.