STREAMS AND GLACIERS

Question 1

YOUTHFUL STAGE

Answer 1

THE STREAM IS MOVING QUICKLY AND ERODING THE SEDIMENTS AS IT TRAVELS DOWN STREAM. FOUND AT THE TOP OF MOUNTAINS, AND IT TRAVELS A FAIRLY STRAIGHT PATH.

Question 2

MATURE STAGE

Answer 2

STREAM IS NOW AT THE FLOOR OF THE VALLEY AND IS MOVING SLOWLY. THE STREAM IS NOW FINDING THE PATH THAT IS EASIEST TO TRAVEL, WHICH CAUSES THE STREAM TO MEANDER

Question 3

POINT BAR

Answer 3

AREA WHERE SEDIMENT IS DEPOSITED.

Question 4

OXBOW LAKES

Answer 4

OLD LAKES THAT FORM FROM THE STREAM MATURING AND EENTUALLY CUTTIING OFF AN AREA OF THE STREAM.

Question 5

horizontal sorting

Answer 5

when a stream or river enters a large body of water like akes and rivers, velocity slows and particals drop out of suspension, the further out the smaller the particles.

Question 6

graded bedding

Answer 6

a type of layering in which larger particles are at the bottom of each bed, and the particle size decreases towards the top.

Question 7

MOUTH OF A RIVER

Answer 7

PART OF RIVER WHERE RIVER EMPTIES INTO ALRGE BODY OF WATER

Question 8

DELTA

Answer 8

DEPOSIT OF SEDIMENT AT MOUTH OF RIVER DUE TO RIVER LOSING ITS CARRYING POWER AS AT EMPTIES INTO A LARGE BODY OF WATER

Question 9

BEDLOAD

Answer 9

ROCK SUSPENDED AND CARRYED BY A STREAM

Question 10

TRIBUTARY

Answer 10

STREAMS THAT FEED INTO LARGER STREAMS AND RIVERS

Question 11

WATERSHED

Answer 11

HIGH AREA WHERE WATER CAN EITHER TRAVEL LEFT OR RIGHT

Question 12

DRAINAGE BASIN

Answer 12

AREA DRAINED, BELOW A WATERSHED

Question 13

TRELLIS DRAINAGE PATTERN

Answer 13

WATER RUNS DOWN A MOUNTAIN RANGE, DOWN TO THE VALLEY FLOOR. IT COLLECTS ON THE VALLEY FLOOR, AND FLOWS TO A LARGER BODY OF WATER

Question 14

DENDRITIC DRAINAGE PATTERN

Answer 14

LOOKS LIKE BRANCHING OF TREE ROOTS. DEVELOPS IN AREAS WHERE MATERIAL UNDERNEATH IT IS THE SAME AND HORIZONTAL.

Question 15

RECTANGULAR DRAINAGE PATTERN

Answer 15

FOUND IN FRACTURED ROCS. SREAM TURNS IN SHARP ANGLES DUE TO ROCK FRACTURES.

Question 16

WHAT ARE THE TWO TYPES OF GLACIERS?

Answer 16

CONTINENTAL AND VALLEY/ALPINE

Question 17

STATISTICAL GLACIERS

Answer 17

85% OF ALL GLACIERS ARE IN ANTARTICA, AND 10 PERCENT IN GREENLAND. 5 % ARE IN MOUNTAIN TOPS

Question 18

VALLEY/ALPINE GLACIERS

Answer 18

FORM INBETWEEN MOUNTAINS OR AT THE PEEK U.S HAS ONLY VALLEY GLACIERS

Question 19

WHAT DO MELTED WATER FROM GLACIERS FORM?

Answer 19

BRAIDED STREAMS

Question 20

SNOWLINE

Answer 20

AS SMALL AS THE GLACIER IS GOING TO GET

Question 21

TILL

Answer 21

GLACIER SEDIMENTS

Question 22

ERRATICS

Answer 22

BOULDERS DROPPED OF BY A GLACIER AS IT MELTS

Question 23

TERMINAL MORAIN

Answer 23

WHEN A GLACIER MELTS BACK IT LEAVES A LARGE DEPOSIT OF UNSORTED TILL.

Question 24

OUTWASH PLAIN

Answer 24

FLAT LAND BELOW TERMINAL MORAIN. WATER FROM THE ICE DRAINS INTO SORTED SEDIMENT

Question 25

LATERAL MORAIN

Answer 25

AMONG THE SIDES OF A GLACIER TILL BUILDS UP. WHEN A GLACIER LEAVES WHEN A LACIWER RECEDES, A TERMINAL MORAIN IS LEFT AT THE BOTTOM.

Question 26

DRUM LINE

Answer 26

ELONGATED HILLS THAT SHOW DIRECTIONG OF GLACIER MOVEMENT