Erosion And Deposition By Water

Question 1

Erosion

Answer 1

The process by which sediment and other materials are moved from one place to another

Question 2

Barrier island

Answer 2

Is a long narrow island usually made of sand that forms parallel to the shoreline a short distance off shore

Question 3

Sandbar

Answer 3

Is an underwater or exposed ridge of sand gravel or shell material

Question 4

Beach

Answer 4

A beach in and erea of shoreline that is made up of materials deposited by waves and currents

Question 5

Shoreline

Answer 5

Is the place where land and body’s of waters meet

Question 6

Groundwater

Answer 6

Is the water located within the rocks below earths surface

Question 7

Alluvial fan

Answer 7

An alluvial fan Is a fan shaped depicted that forms on dry land

Question 8

Delta

Answer 8

Steams often deposit Their loads in a fan-shaped patters called a delta

Question 9

Floodplain

Answer 9

Many layers of deposited sediment can form a flat area called a flood plain

Question 10

Deposition

Answer 10

Is the process by which eroded materials are dropped