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chapter 9 - key concepts
Question | Answer |
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Weathering, erosionand deposition act together: | in a cycle that wears down and builds up Earth's surface. |
Gravity causes mass movements: | including landslides, mudlows, slump and creep. |
Moving water is the major agent: | of the erosion that has shaped the Earth's land surface. |
Through erosion, a river creates: | valleys, water-falls, flood plains, meanders and oxbow lakes |
Deposition creates: | alluvial fans and deltas and also adds soil to a river's flood plain. |
Groundwater can cause erosion through: | a process of chemical weathering. |
As gravity pulls water down a slope: | the water's potential energy changes to kinetic energy. |
Most sediment washes of falls into a river: | as a result of mass movement and runoff. |
A river's slope, volume of flow and the shape of its streambed: | all affect how fast a river flows and how much sediment it can erode. |