Unit 5

Question 1

The breaking down of rock du to mechanical or chemical processes.

Answer 1

Weathering

Question 2

Breaking up of rock by physical forces.

Answer 2

Mechanical/Physical Weathering

Question 3

Wearing away rocks by changing it’s chemistry.

Answer 3

Chemical Weathering

Question 4

A collection of mechanical weathering debris at the base of a mountain.

Answer 4

Talus Slope

Question 5

Wearing away by scraping or rubbing; often refers to a kind of weathering.

Answer 5

Abrasion

Question 6

A chemical change in which a substance combines with oxygen, as when iron oxidizes, forming rust.

Answer 6

Oxidation

Question 7

Any one of several processes by which gravity moves sediment downhill.

Answer 7

Mass Movement/ Mass Wasting

Question 8

Small pieces of material that have broken off of rocks and have been deposited.

Answer 8

Sediment

Question 9

Water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking into the ground.

Answer 9

Runoff

Question 10

Wide valley through which a river flows.

Answer 10

Flood Plain

Question 11

A loop like bend in the course of a river.

Answer 11

Meander

Question 12

A meander cut off from a river.

Answer 12

Oxbow Lake

Question 13

A wide, sloping deposit of sediment formed where a stream leaves a mountain range.

Answer 13

Alluvia Fan

Question 14

A region in which a layer of limestone close to the surface creates deep valleys, caverns, and sinkholes.

Answer 14

Karst Topography

Question 15

Depression in Earth’s surface formed when a cave collapses or bedrock is dissolved by acidic rain or moist soil.

Answer 15

Sinkhole

Question 16

A type of erosion in which soil and sediments move slowly downhill.

Answer 16

Creep

Question 17

Mass movement that occurs when Earth materials in a landslide rotate and slide along a curved surface.

Answer 17

Slump

Question 18

The process by which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves weathered rock or soil.

Answer 18

Erosion

Question 19

Process in which sediment is laid down in new location.

Answer 19

Deposition

Question 20

The land area that supplies water to a river system.

Answer 20

Watershed

Question 21

A stream or smaller river that feeds into a river.

Answer 21

Tributary

Question 22

A long continuous ridge built by people along the banks of a stream to contain the water during times of high flows.

Answer 22

Levee

Question 23

A landform made of sediment that is deposited here a river flows into an ocean or lake.

Answer 23

Delta

Question 24

A large mass of moving ice and snow on land.

Answer 24

Glacier