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Question 1

groundwater

Answer 1

water in the ground

Question 2

oxidation

Answer 2

oxygen combines with minerals in a rock and turns rust red

Question 3

residual soil

Answer 3

soil found in the area it was created.. matches composition of bedrock

Question 4

differential weathering

Answer 4

rock that weathers away at different rates

Question 5

Zone of saturation

Answer 5

groundwater zone completely filled with water

Question 6

capillarity

Answer 6

water traveling upward through tiny spaces in the soil

Question 7

abrasion

Answer 7

the rounding of rock by wind and water

Question 8

root wedging

Answer 8

when plants grow into the crack in a rock and break it

Question 9

carbonation

Answer 9

carbonic acid dissolves limestone to create caves

Question 10

zone of aeration

Answer 10

groundwater zone that is partially filled with air

Question 11

hydration

Answer 11

water combines with the minerals in a rock

Question 12

water retention

Answer 12

water gets stuck in tiny spaces of soil

Question 13

transported soil

Answer 13

soil that was brought into a location and does not match the bedrock

Question 14

frost wedging

Answer 14

ice breaks the rock apart

Question 15

permeability

Answer 15

ability for water to pass through the soil

Question 16

water table

Answer 16

the top of the Zone of saturation, in between the zone of aeration and the zone of saturation

Question 17

exfoliation

Answer 17

the peeling of rock

Question 18

infiltration

Answer 18

water cycle process of water sinking into the ground

Question 19

runoff

Answer 19

the water cycle process of water flowing along the surface

Question 20

porosity

Answer 20

the amount of empty space in rock or soil

Question 21

surface area

Answer 21

small particles in big quantities have this

Question 22

humus

Answer 22

topsoil, rich in nutrients, dark, organic

Question 23

sand dune

Answer 23

the name of the depositional feature by wind

Question 24

erosion

Answer 24

the movement of rock or soil

Question 25

physical weathering

Answer 25

mechanical weathering

Question 26

impermeable

Answer 26

water cannot pass through soil

Question 27

chemical weathering

Answer 27

rock is broken down chemically

Question 28

discharge

Answer 28

the volume of water in a river channel

Question 29

carrying power

Answer 29

the power to move or transport a particle

Question 30

velocity

Answer 30

the speed of water

Question 31

vertical sorting

Answer 31

the sorting of sediment in a vertical order

Question 32

drumlin

Answer 32

a tear drop shape hill where the tip of the teardrop points south

Question 33

suspension

Answer 33

particles that are floating in water

Question 34

moraine

Answer 34

a pile of unsorted sediment at the end or terminus of a glacier

Question 35

saltation

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particles are bounced and dragged along the bottom of the river

Question 36

sorted sediment

Answer 36

sediments that are organized by size, shape and density (wind and water)

Question 37

slope

Answer 37

how steep the landscape is

Question 38

v shape valley

Answer 38

shape of a river channel

Question 39

horizontal sorting

Answer 39

sorting of sediment in a horizontal order

Question 40

plateau

Answer 40

landform that has medium elevation and made of sedimentary rock

Question 41

retreat/ recede

Answer 41

the melting glacier moves backwards up the mountain slope

Question 42

striations

Answer 42

scratches in rock made by glaciers

Question 43

kettle lake

Answer 43

a hole made in the ground from a craving glacier. sometimes filled with water

Question 44

solution

Answer 44

parties are dissolved in the water

Question 45

plain

Answer 45

lowest elevation landscape made of sedimentary rock

Question 46

u shaped valley

Answer 46

valley created by glacier

Question 47

meander

Answer 47

turn in a river

Question 48

till

Answer 48

unsorted sediment of a glacier

Question 49

mountain

Answer 49

highest elevation landscape made of metamorphic rock

Question 50

downcutting

Answer 50

water cutting down into the rock

Question 51

outlaws (plain)

Answer 51

glacier meltwater organizes sediments

Question 52

unsorted sediment

Answer 52

sediment that is unorganized and unaltered

Question 53

erratic

Answer 53

huge boulder dropped off by a glacier

Question 54

mass wasting

Answer 54

the term used for gravity erosion

Question 55

talus

Answer 55

sediment deposited by gravity

Question 56

barrier islands

Answer 56

an island system that protects the mainland from water erosion