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Erosion/ Deposition
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What is Erosion? | The moving of sediment |
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What is Weathering? | The breaking down of rock |
What is Deposition? | When sediment is dropped or put down |
What is Sediment? | Little pieces of rock/mineral moved by Erosion |
What are the main 5 Agents of Erosion? | Gravity,Running Water, Glaciers, Waves, and Wind |
What are the main 5 Factors that can effect Erosion? | Development, Agriculture, Mining, Plants, Climate |
What is Mass Movement? | The movement of any material, such as,rock, soil ,snow down a slope |
What causes mass movement? | Gravity |
What is a Landslide? | the sudden rapid movement of a large amount of material down slope |
What is a Mud flow? | the flow of a mass of mud or rock and soil mixed with a large amount of water |
What is a Slump? | when a large chunk of rock suddenly slips downhill |
What is a Creep? | the slow downhill movement of weathered rock material |
What is the most powerful agent of Erosion? | Water |
What is the least powerful agent of Erosion? | Wind |
Which agent of erosion creates U-Shaped Valleys? | Glacier |
What are 2 ways that glaciers erode the land? | plucking and abrasion |
What are 2 ways that waves erode the land? | impact and abrasion |
What are 6 soil conservation techniques that slow erosion? | wind breaks, no-till farming, terracing, contour plowing, cover crops, and crop rotation |
Which agent of erosion creates V-shaped valleys? | Fast moving water |
What is a meander? | a long winding river in a flood plain |
Is an oxbow lake created by erosion or deposition? | deposition |