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Lesson 3 Flashcards

1
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Erosion

GIVE AN EXAMPLE :

A

Process when sediment is moved to a new place

GIVE EXAMPLE OF SOIL,ROCK AND SEDIMENT MOVING?

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2
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Deposition

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Process when eroded material is dropped

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3
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Floodplain

A

Layers of sediment deposited after a flood

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4
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Delta

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Area where streams deposit their load - around the mouth

near the ocean???river enters ocean???

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5
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Alluvial fan

WHY /HOW AND WHERE DO THEY HAPPEN?

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Fan-shaped deposit that forms on dry land

forms where a stream gets to a flat aarea of land-slows- and puts sediments in that spot

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6
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Groundwater

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Water located within the rocks below earths surface

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7
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Shoreline

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Place where land meets water

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8
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Headland

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Finger shaped projections that form when cliffs of hard rock erode more slowly than surrounding rocks

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9
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Sea cave

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A cave formed when waves repeatedly hits the shoreline

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10
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Sea arch

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An arch where water flows beneath it

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11
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Sea stack

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A toppled sea arch

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12
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Wave cut platform

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A beach surrounded by cliffs

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13
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Beach

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Area of shoreline that is made up of material deposited by waves and currents

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14
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Sandbar

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Exposed or underwater ridge of sand

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15
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Barrier island

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Long narrow island parallel to the beach

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16
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HOw do Canyons an valleys form? Such as the Grand Canyon?

A

Rivers carving through mountains year after year

17
Q

Gradient?

A

The steepness of a river

18
Q

load?

A

Amount of sediment in a river

19
Q

Discharge?

A

B

20
Q

what would make more erosion happen?

A

Faster rivers

21
Q

Define and describe the processes of erosion and deposition?

A

Water picks up sediment and sets it down later or deposits it

22
Q

how does gravity, gradient and discharge and load relate to stream erosion and deposition?

A

ddd

23
Q

DESCRIBE WHAT HAPPENS TO SEDIMENT AS A STREAM SLOWS?

A

The heavier sediment begins to get deposited

24
Q

DESCRIBE THE ROLE OF STREAM EROSION AND DEPOSITION IN BUILDING LANDFORMS?

A

They move sediment to create landforms

25
Q

DESCRIBE THE EFFECTS OF EROSION BY GROUND WATER

A

Erosion by ground water can cause sinkholes

26
Q

DESCRIBE HOW EROSION AND DEPOSITION BY WAVES AND CURRENTS SHAPE SHORELINES??

A

They hit the shoreline at different angles causes it to change

27
Q

Explain how water deposits soil, sediment and rock. Give 2 examples

A

When the stream slows down till it doesn’t have the power to move a rock
Delta
Alluvial fan

28
Q

What would you see on the beach if it had been affected by stormy seas and rough waves?

A

You would see less sand

29
Q

Can water move a 5lb rock

A

Yes

30
Q

What can deposition make

A

Landforms

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