Test 1
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Source | is where a river begins
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| Riverbanks | are the sides of a river
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| Riverbed | is the bottom of the river
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| Mouth | is where a river meets a lake, valley, or ocean
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| Delta | is a landform at the mouth of a river made by the sand, silt, soil, and rocks deposited by moving water
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| Deposition | the process in which water, wind, or ice builds up the earth's surface by dropping sediment in new locations
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| Erosion | the process in which gravity, water, ice and wind move sediments from one place to another on the earth's surface
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| landform | a part of earth's surface that has a unique shape, is easy to recognize and was created by nature
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| model | an object that represents something that is similar to the real thing in many ways but is different in some ways
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| weathering | a process by which rocks and sediment break down over time due to exposure to wind, rain or other weather conditions
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| Abrasion | the grinding down of rock by another
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| Glacier | A large, long-lasting mass of moving ice and snow. Glaciers move down hills or outward in directions as a result of gravity and their immense weight. They retreat (shrink) as a result of melting.
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| Erratic | A large moved object moved and dropped by a glacier far from where it originated
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| Moraine | Hill like piles of unsorted rocks and deiment dropped by a glacier
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| Rock pillar | a tall column of rock
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| hoodoo | a strangely shaped rock formation usually scupted by water erosion
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| mushroom rocks | rock formations that are narrow on the bottom base and wider at the top
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| wind | air that is in motion over the surface of the earth
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| drought | extremely dry weather for a long period of time with little or no rain fall. They usually cause water shortages.
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| sand dune | a hill of loose sand formed by wind
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| soil | a mixture of rock sediment and organic material including living and dead plants, insects and bacteria
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| stabilize | to keep from moving
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| windbreak | an object or material such as a fence or row of trees that block the path of wind
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