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Unit 2

Earth's Surface

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A destructive process that carries sediment from one place to another erosion
A constructive process that builds up sediment deposition
Earth's surface is shaped by a combination of constructive and destructive forces
Agents of erosion wind, water and ice
steep slope equals faster erosion
faster erosion equals straight path
straight path equals larger sediment moved
flat slope equals slower erosion
slower erosion equals curvy path
curvy path equals smaller sediment moved
total amount of sediment moved load
total amount of water the moves past a point in a given amount of time discharge
acidic water that can dissolve rock groundwater
formations that are a result of groundwater erosion caves and sinkholes
landforms along a shoreline that sticks out headlands
carries eroded material along the shoreline currents
deposits of sand along a shoreline beach
exposed ridge of sand, rock or shells sandbar
long, narrow island made of sand, runs parallel to the shoreline barrier island
pulling down of large amounts of rock, land or debris erosion by gravity (or mass wasting)
examples of mass wasting mudslide, landslide or rockslide
slow process of erosion by gravity creep and slump
rock hitting other rocks abraded rocks
smaller sediment in a desert being blown to another locattion leaving bigger rocks desert deflation
mounds of sand deposited by wind sand dunes
thick deposits of extremely fine materials that has baeen carried a long way loess
large mass of moving ice glacier
sediment carried and deposited by a glacier glacial drift
sharp pyramid peaks in an alpine glacier horn
bowl shaped depressions of an alpine glacer cirques
jagged peaks between cirques aretes
shape of valley after an alpine glacier has passed through u shaped
network of waterways that lead to the ocean drainage basin
sediment deposited on a river's edge after flooding has occurred floodplain
fan shaped deposit at the base of a mountain alluvial fan
sediment that has built up at the base or mouth of a river delta
mapping used for navigation topography
show features of the land contour lines
rise in elevation from one contour line to the next contour interval
distance above sea level elevation
steepness of a landform slope
contour lines close together steep slope
contour lines spread apart gentle slope
difference between highest and lowest elevation relief
bold contour lines that show the elevation on a topographic map index contour line
remote sensing process of gathering and analyzing information about an object without physical contact with the object
two forms of remote sensing aerial and satellite
network of satellites that orbit Earth that allow you to gather data and navigate GPS
a program to view and make images and maps that have layers of specific information GIS
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