Erosion Vocabulary

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 by which water changes from a liquid to a gas or 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

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

a dividing ridge between drainage areas b : a region or area bounded peripherally by a divide and draining ultimately to a particular watercourse or body of water

Question 10

continental divide

Answer 10

A continental divide is a drainage divide on a continent

Question 11

deposition

Answer 11

the action of deposing someone, especially a monarch.

Question 12

delta

Answer 12

A delta is a wetland area that forms as river waters empty into a larger body of water.

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 water table is the upper surface of the zone of saturation.

Question 15

sewage treatment plants

Answer 15

type of wastewater treatment which aims to remove contaminants from sewage to produce an effluent that is suitable for discharge to the surrounding environment or an intended reuse application

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

Sea arches are a spectacular phenomena created by Mother Nature with a little help from oceans.

Question 19

sea caves

Answer 19

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

Question 20

wave-cut terraces

Answer 20

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

Question 21

headlands

Answer 21

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

Question 22

beach

Answer 22

a pebbly or sandy shore, 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

Glacial drift. A general term applied to all rock material transported by a glacier and deposited directly by or from the ice

Question 25

Till

Answer 25

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

Question 26

stratified drift

Answer 26

predominantly unconsolidated, sorted sediment composed of layers of sand, gravel, silt or clay deposited by meltwaters from glaciers.