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SCIENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Runoff (pg.71) | A water moves over the land, it carries particles with it. That is a runoff. |
| Rills (pg.72) | As runoff travels, it forms tiny grooves in the soil called rills. |
| Gully (pg.72) | A gully is a large groove, or channel, in the soil that carries runoff after a rainstorm. |
| Stream (pg..72) | A stream is a channel along which water is continually flowing down a slope. |
| Tributary (pg.72) | A tributary is a stream or river that flows into larger river. |
| Flood plain (pg.74) | The flat, wide area of land along a river is a flood plain. |
| Meander (pg.75) | A meander is a loop like bend in the course of a river. |
| Oxbow Lake (pg.75) | As the photo below shows, an oxbow lake is a meander that has been cut off from the river. |
| Delta (pg.76) | Sediment deposited where a river flows into a ocean or lake builds up a landform called a delta. |
| Alluvial fan (pg.76) | An alluvial fan is a wide, sloping deposit of sediment formed where a stream leaves a mountain range. |
| Groundwater (pg.78) | Groundwater is the term geologists use for underground water. |
| Stalactite (pg.78) Stalagmite(pg.78) | A deposit that hangs like an icicle from the roof of a cave is known as a stalactite slow dripping builds up a cone-shaped stalagmite from the cave floor. |
| Karst topography(pg.79) | This type of landscape is called karst topography after a region in Eastern Europe. |
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