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1
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the initial driving force

evaporation and then condensation

A

sun

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2
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mountain range

a streams beginning

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source

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3
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a streams end 
another body of water 
ocean 
lake 
River
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mouth

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4
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landform at mouth that projects into another quiet body of water
Mississippi
Nile

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delta

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5
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a River and all of its tributaries

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River system

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6
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a stream that ends in the main River

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tributary

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the area of land drained by a River system

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drainage basin

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8
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watersheds

all of the water that falls in a certain watershed will remain in the watershed

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basins

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9
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ridges that separate watersheds
two major divides (continental) in the US
Appalachians and Rocky Mountains

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divide

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10
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V-shaped
down-cutting
few tributaries

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youthful- stage 1

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11
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floodplain develops

more tributaries

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mature- stage 2

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12
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meandering channel, lots of tributaries
wide floodplain
oxbows and cut-offs

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old stage- stage 3

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13
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channel and v-shaped valley 
floodplain
point bar
cut bank
tributaries 
source
mouth and delta 
meanders and oxbow lakes
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parts of a River

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14
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water overflows banks and floods the floodplain
caused by heavy rainfall, snow melt
most pronounced in the spring
most erosion occurs during this

A

flooding

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15
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large material carried alon the bed or bottom of the stream

boulders, pebbles, and sand

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bed loads

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16
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material that is held in suspension

clay and silts

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suspend load

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17
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minerals that have been dissolved by the water

can’t be seen, must be tested chemically

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dissolved load

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18
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the amount of water moving by a certain point of a stream
multiply the volume of a River by its velocity and you will get discharge
usually measured in cubic feet per second
speed depends mostly on a streams gradient
volume usually depends on amount of rainfall and drainage basin size

A

discharge

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19
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a period in which ice extends farther than normal
last one began about 1 million years ago
returned to normal about 12000 years ago

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Ice ages

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20
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cool summers

little or no ice melts

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period of cooling

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21
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what causes cooling

A

change in Suns energy
earths tilt, orbit
change in positions of continents
volcanos

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22
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leads to cooling of the polar regions

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milankovitch cycle

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23
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changes CO2 content
less CO2
less global warming gases
reef building

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limestone

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24
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form in mountains

rivers of ice

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alpine valley

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25
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ice sheets
cover 100-1000 square miles
Greenland and Antarctica

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continental glaciers

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26
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grinding of bedrock
Rock is carried by glacier and scratches bedrock
glacial grooves

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abrasion

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27
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glacier grabs rocks and pulls them out of the ground

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pucking

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28
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huge, flat areas

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Great Plains

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29
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huge flat areas
glacial grooves
the Great Lakes
rebound terraces

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continental- erosional

30
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piles of unlayered sediment 
lateral 
medial
end
recessional
terminal
moraines
A

depositional features

31
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layered

A

outwash

32
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sediment deposited by the glacier 
till
outwash
drumlins
eskers
Kames
kettle lakes
moraine-dammed lakes
A

continental deposits

33
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formed by waves weathering and eroding the shoreline

A

erosional

34
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waves attack land

A

erosion

35
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caused by storms off shore

A

waves

36
Q

length of open water

larger this is the larger the waves

A

FETCH

37
Q

deposit eroded material

A

sand and clay

38
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weathering and erosion from waves

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rocky shore

39
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sand is pushed back from the deeper water

gulf coast of Florida

A

shells

40
Q

storms cause beaches to erode

short wavelengths

A

winter

41
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long wavelengths
sand pushed onto shore
beaches get rebuilt

A

summer

42
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wavelength/ period (ft/sec)

A

wave speed

43
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depth is 1/2 of wavelength

A

wave energy

44
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form when wave feels bottom

A

breaker

45
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wave is bent as it feels bottom
wave energy is concentrated on headlands
causes water and sand to move parallel to shore

A

wave refraction

46
Q

land that protrudes into the ocean

A

headland

47
Q

zigzag motion in surf zone

A

smash and backwash

48
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movement of loose earth material down a slope
driving force is gravity
can happen quickly or slowly
Gravity is the driving force, but water is usually the trigger

A

mass movement

49
Q 
steep slope
over- steepening due to humans 
overloading the top of the e slope
deforestation or removal of vegetation 
weak material such as shale is not resistant to weathering and erosion
A

how slides occur

50
Q

includes all precipitation that falls on land
moves downhill due to gravity
water comes together and forms streams and rivers
an agent of weather and erosion

A

running water

51
Q

falls through the air

A

fall

52
Q

tumbling down the hill

A

flow

53
Q 
slides down the hill
Material can be divided into 
Rock
mud
debris
A

slide

54
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arid regions characterized by less than 25 cm of rain per year
often hot, but dry, cold places like Antarctica qualify as these too

A

deserts

55
Q

what does warm air do at the equator

A

rises

56
Q

when does the dry air sink

A

when is reaches 30°

57
Q

caused by mountains

A

rain shadow effect

58
Q

rocks shaped by wind
desert varnish
desert pavement

A

ventifacts

59
Q

a hill made out of sand created by a series of winds

form in different shapes and sizes

A

sand dunes

60
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crescent shaped with horns of the dune pointing downwind

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barchan

61
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a giant ripple like sand dune formed at a right angle to the direction of the prevailing winds

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transverse dunes

62
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depositional features made of bills of sand that are stabilized by vegetation at each end
blowout

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parabolic dunes

63
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depositional feature formed when wind is parallel to dune direction

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longitudinal dunes

64
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resembles a star because the wind direction is variable

A

star dunes

65
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wind blown sediments

deposits can be very thick

A

loess

66
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water that flows underground

water is in the pore spaces of the rock

A

groundwater

67
Q

empty space in a rock

A

porosity

68
Q

concealed space in rocks

rate of water flowing through rock

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permeability

69
Q

high porosity
high permeability
holds water

A

sandstone

70
Q

low permeability

no water

A

Shale

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