Abeka Earth Science Cp 4

The sharp islands that lie off the coast of the mainland

Deposits of clay and silt left by a sandstorm are...

A spirelike mass of dripstone on the floor of a cave is a stalactite

Which type of weathering involves the breaking or peeling away of rock into layers?

When a glacier-carved valley fills with seawater and ____ forms

The piles of debris left behind when a glacier melts are...

The source of a river

The carrying away of rock fragments such as by wind or running water is called runoff

A large stream that carries water from the mountains to the sea

A huge bowl-shaped depression dug out by a valley glacier

The feature formed by streams merging and flowing toward the sea as a large river

A low hill formed when a glacier overruns a moraine

The type of rock most commonly associated with caverns is limestone

The sediments carried by a stream

A pilliarlike structure of rock formed when the middle of the sea arch collapses

A winding looping curve in a river on flat ground

The natural process that break down rocks are collectively called

A natural ridge formed along the edge of a river's channel

One of the numerous streams that feed into a river in flood time

What is produced when a sea cave is eroded continually?

The most important efect of wind erosion is...

Lake formed when a sharp curve in a river is cut off from the rest of the river

Ice sheets smaller than continential glaciers are...

Large, deep grooves and scratches in rock, produced by glaciers

Which natural acid, found in rainwater and ground water, promotes chemical weathering

What type of weathering occurs when rainwater soaks into cracks in a rock and freezes