erosion

Question 1

A process in which the materials of Earth’s surface are loosened, dissolved, or worn away and transported from one place to another

Answer 1

erosion

Question 2

The natural process by which atmospheric and environmental agents, such as wind, rain, and temperature changes, disintegrate and decompose rocks

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weathering

Question 3

The continuous movement of water between the atmosphere, the land, and the oceans

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water cycle

Question 4

The change of state from a liquid to a gas

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evaporation

Question 5

The change of state from a gas to a liquid

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condensation

Question 6

Any form of water that falls to Earth’s surface from the clouds; includes rain, snow, sleet, and hail

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precipitation

Question 7

Is the process of a liquid slowly passing through a filter

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percolation

Question 8

Precipitation that flows over the land and into streams and rivers

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runoff

Question 9

A stream that flows into a lake or into a larger stream

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tributary

Question 10

The area of land that is drained by a river system

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watershed

Question 11

Is a drainage divide on a continent such that the drainage basin on one side of the divide feeds into one ocean or sea, and the basin on the other side either feeds into a different ocean or sea, or else is endothermic, not connected to the open sea

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continental divide

Question 12

The process in which material is laid down

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deposition

Question 13

A fan-shaped mass of rock material deposited at the mouth of a stream

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delta

Question 14

A fan-shaped mass of rock material deposited by a stream when the slope of the land decreases sharply

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alluvial fan

Question 15

An area along a river that forms from sediments deposited when the river overflows its banks

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floodplain

Question 16

The upper surface of underground water

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water table

Question 17

Is the process of removing contaminants from wastewater

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sewage treatment plants

Question 18

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

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septic tank

Question 19

Is a geological land form consisting of a steep and often vertical column or columns of rock in the sea near a coast

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sea stacks

Question 20

is a natural opening eroded out of a cliff face by marine processes

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sea arches

Question 21

Is a type of cave formed primarily by the wave action of the sea

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sea caves

Question 22

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

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wave-cut terraces

Question 23

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

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headlands

Question 24

A pebbly or sandy shore, especially by the ocean between high- and low-water marks

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beach

Question 25

Is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight

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glacier

Question 26

The rock material carried and deposited by glaciers

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glacial drift

Question 27

Unsorted rock material that is deposited directly by a melting glacier

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till

Question 28

A glacial deposit that has been sorted and layered by the action of streams or melt water

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stratified drift