erosion + deposition section 2

Question 1

water that move over eater’s surface

Answer 1

runoff

Question 2

tiny grooves in soil

Answer 2

rills

Question 3

large groove in soil caused by joining of rills

Answer 3

gully

Question 4

water that moves beneath earth’s surface

Answer 4

groundwater

Question 5

gentle sloping land down river that forms a wide valley when the river overflows the channel

Answer 5

flood plains

Question 6

volume of water which passes a point in a given amount of time (measured in m to the third power/s)

Answer 6

discharge

Question 7

areas of hard rock surrounded by softer rock, dangerous for boats

Answer 7

rapids

Question 8

sides of the river

Answer 8

riverbanks

Question 9

place where the river meets the larger body of water in the end of the river

Answer 9

rivermouth

Question 10

bend in a river due to differences in sediment erosion

Answer 10

meander

Question 11

lake that’s formed by a large loop

Answer 11

oxbow lake

Question 12

fan shaped deposit formed when a river decreases in speed

Answer 12

alluvial fan

Question 13

addition of sediment when a river flows into a still body of water (lake, ocean, etc)

Answer 13

delta

Question 14

deposits of minerals that hang from the ceiling

Answer 14

stalactite

Question 15

deposits of minerals that form drips that accumulate on floor of a cave

Answer 15

stalagmite

Question 16

landscape formed from dissolving soluble rocks underground drainage systems with sinkholes +caves

Answer 16

karst topography

Question 17

a depression created when the roof of a cave collapses

Answer 17

sinkhole

Question 18

the name for small rivers that join a river flowing down and it becomes bigger

Answer 18

tributaries

Question 19

beginning of a river

Answer 19

headwater (source)

Question 20

the name for when rivers and watersheds are separated from each other by land or a ridge

Answer 20

divide

Question 21

bottom of a river

Answer 21

riverbed

Question 22

area of hard rock that erodes slowly followed by an area of softer rock that erodes fast

Answer 22

waterfall

Question 23

the area where river water mixes with ocean water

Answer 23

estuary

Question 24

channel that water continually flows

Answer 24

stream

Question 25

large stream

Answer 25

river