WED

Question 1

Weathering

Answer 1

Breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals on Earth’s surface

Question 2

Meander

Answer 2

A curve in the river

Question 3

Alluvial Fan

Answer 3

A triangle shaped deposit of gravel, sand, and even smaller pieces of sediments

Question 4

Glacial Drift

Answer 4

A general term applied to all rock materials

Question 5

Arete

Answer 5

A sharp mountain ridge

Question 6

Spit

Answer 6

Emit small bursts of sparks or hot fat with a series of short, explosive noises

Question 7

Mass Wasting

Answer 7

The process involving movement of mantle-rock that is controlled directly by gravity

Question 8

Erosion

Answer 8

The process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents

Question 9

Oxbow Lake

Answer 9

A curved lake formed at a former oxbow where the main stream of the river

Question 10

Floodplain

Answer 10

An area of low-lying ground adjacent

Question 11

Cirque

Answer 11

a half-open steep-sided hollow at the head of a valley or a mountain

Question 12

Moraine

Answer 12

A mass of rocks and sediments carried down and deposited

Question 13

Barrier island

Answer 13

A long narrow island lying parallel

Question 14

Mudflow

Answer 14

A fluid or hardened stream or avalanche of mud

Question 15

Deposition

Answer 15

A process of depositing the deposition of earth and stone by glaciers

Question 16

Delta

Answer 16

A wetland that forms as a river and empty their water and sediments onto another body of water

Question 17

Glacier

Answer 17

A slowly moving mass of river or ice

Question 18

Horn

Answer 18

A pair of hard processers

Question 19

Kettle lake

Answer 19

A glacial out-washed drift

Question 20

Sand Dunes

Answer 20

Any accumulation of sand grains shaped into a mound or ridge

Question 21

Land slide

Answer 21

The movement of rock, earth, or debris down a sloped section of land