earth science erosion

What is the main difference between erosion and weathering?

The ingredients of erosion are:

1. _____________
2. the _________
3. _________________

the driving force for erosion is _____ and or _______

What is the term for the downslope movement of sediments?

all gravity pulls towards __________

A) the athmosphere
B) the earth's surface
C) the lithosphere
D) the equator
E) the earth's center

What is another term for landslides?

What type of erosion is most likely to result in sediments being angular and unsorted

The size of the sediments streams carry depend on the _______________.

Stream sediments are _______ and ________

A) angular, unsorted
B) flat, smooth
C) rounded, smooth
D) igneous, rounded
E) coarse, vesicular

Sediments are transported in water in three ways:

Solu____, __________, and _______

What is it called when minerals / sediments float in the water?

When minerals are dissolved in water, it is called a ________.

Water undercuts _________ bedrock.

A) tougher and more resistant
B) tougher and igneous
C) weaker and less resistant
D) weaker and igneous

The _______ the stream, the ______ the stream velocity.

A(n) ________ in stream velocity will ________ the size and number of particles a stream can carry.

A) decrease, increase
B) increase, increase
C) increase, decrease
D) decrease, decrease

The _____ water goes into a stream (melt water, rain water) the ______ the stream velocity.

A) more, same
B) less, slower
C) more, slower
D) less, same
E) more, faster
F) less, faster

Areas of the _______ water velocity are just below the center of the river channel, while stream banks and the bottom are of the _______ velocity due to ________.

A) slowest, fastest, mass movement
B) slowest, fastest, friction
C) fastest, slowest, friction
D) fastest, slowest, mass movement

the _______er the stream, the ______ the velocity, the more erosion.

streams erode the surface into what kind of shaped valley?

What carves V-shaped valleys from streams into U-shaped valleys?

When freezing exceeds melting, glaciers _________. When melting exceeds freezing, glaciers _________.

Can a glacier flow uphill?

Where are continental glaciers most likely to be found?

A) Patagonia and Siberia
B) Alaska and Siberia
C) Patagonia and Antarctica
D) Alaska and Patagonia
E) Greenland and Scandanavia
F) Greenland and Antarctica

What happens when sediments are dragged along the bedrock under a glacier?

__________ glaciers are found at high latitudes while _________ glaciers are found at high altitudes.

What is the term for an extremely sharp peak formed by glaciers?

What is the term for a piece of land that seperates two U-shaped valleys?

A u-shaped tributary to a large glacier that is far enough below it for there to be a waterfall can be called a __________________.

Which of the following is thicker:

A) Mountain Glaciers
B) Continental Glaciers

When a U-shaped Valley becomes flooded with saltwater from the ocean, what is it called?

Where is the worlds largest desert?

On average, the wind at a beach doesn't move the sand, while some days it does. It all depends on the current _____________.

Larger particles move by _________ while smaller particles move by __________.

In a desert, what prevents soil from forming?

What is it called when blowing sediments form dents on rocks?

When rocks appear to have a polished look, this is an example of ________.

By what method does wind erode?

What is it called when the removal of sediments lowers the ground?

This desert arch is an example of wind erosion. Why did the wind form a normal rock into this odd shape?

What is the reason that mushroom rocks occur?