BJU earth science chapters 12 and 17

Water is known as "the universal solvent" because _____________.

Which of these factors is always involved in mass wasting?

A __________________ is a soupy mixture of lose earth and water.

A cave scientist is called a _______________.

Groundwater gets pulled downhill by ______________.

An alluvial fan is like a river delta on land.

A fungal infection that kills bats is called _________________.

A mountain lake left by a glacier is called a cirque.

The __________________ replenishes and recycles the water we need.

A substance that dissolves other things is a _________________ (like water).

Caves can be made by ________.

If there is a large amount of rain the water table will ___________.

Abrasion is a similar process to ____________.

The upper surface of the groundwater reservoir is called the ________________.

Cave formations can turn reddish or brown because of ____________ in the formations.

A _______________ is someone who can responsibly explore a cave and has good equipment to do so.

Which of these are the correct order of how they happen?

____________________ grow down from a cave's ceiling.

When water enters a crack in a rock, expands as it freezes, and cracks the rock, what has occurred?

A __________________ is a naturally occurring underground space.

A materials ability to let water flow through is its ______________.

The point where a glacier melts as fast as it is replaced is its ____________.

The process where water soaks down through the ground is called ____________.

If water gets trapped around impermeable rock, a water reservoir can form above the water table creating a ________.

Soft water is _______ in dissolved minerals.

Young-earth and old-earth scientists disagree on the _____________ of cave formation.

Soda straws, flowstone, and stalagmites are examples of __________________.

Salt water makes up _______% of earth's water.

Examples of mechanical weathering of rock include __________.

The formation of a delta is most closely related to the process of __________.

________________ can form when caves made by ground water collapse.

A (An) _______________ is a rock layer that can absorb and hold water in the ground.

Where the water table meets the ground's surface, a _________ may form where water comes out of the ground.

A rock layer in the ground that would not allow water to flow past it would be called ______________.

A valley that ocean water has entered caused by glacial erosion is a _____.

The size of boulders and rocks that can be carried by a stream is determined by the volume of flowing water.