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Erosion and Deposition Chapter 3 section 1,4-6
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After the last ice age, stranded ice blocks left behind by the continental glacier melted and
formed a terminal moraine
formed a cirque
formed a horn
formed a kettle
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if there is slight depression in the ground, wind erosion may form a larger, bowl-shaped hollow
desert pavement
kettle
blowout
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As the energy of a wave moves through the water, what happens to the water particles themselves
they bob up and down but don't move forward
they are carried away
4
Wind carrying sand grains deposits the sand when the wind
crosses a depression in the ground
speeds up
slows down or hits an obstacle
5
The state above Oregon is
Washington
Ohio
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An isosoles triangle has how many equal sides? 1,2,3?
4
3
2
1
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What are the bones in your head called?
ear wax
skull
brains
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The process in which sediment is laid down in a new location is called
deposition
soil conservation
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If waves erode the soft rock along the base of a steep coast, the result may eventually be a
headland
spit
wave-cut cliff
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The stronger the wind, the larger the particles it erodes.
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Creep is very slow movement of sediment down a slope.
true
false
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Which units would you use to measure the distance from the earth to the moon?
feet
yards
miles or Kilometers
inches
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A moraine is a cone-shaped deposit of calcite that builds up on the floor of a cave.
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The energy that produces ocean waves comes from
sun
stars
wind blowing across the surface
tides
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Mass movement is caused by
Cj
gravity
erosion
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Landslides, mudflows, slump, and creep are all examples of
gravity
mass movement
runoff
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A valley glacier spreads out over a large island or continent.
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What is one main difference between continental glaciers and valley glaciers?
Continental glaciers are much larger and thicker.
Continental glaciers never melt.
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plucking is the rocks dragged by glaciers that produce grooves and scratches in bedrock.
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Where a coastline turns and interrupts longshore drift, sand may be deposited in a fingerlike
spit
barrier beach
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Particles of clay and silt eroded and deposited by the wind are called
dust
till
loess
22
Glaciers can only form when
there is a U-shaped valley in the mountains.
more snow falls than melts each year.
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In what year was the internet created?
1650
1920
1969
2000
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A ridge of till located at the farthest point reached by a glacier is called a
terminal moraine
horn
fiord
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What causes most sediment to wash or fall into a river?
mass movement
friction
deposition