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S3/4 Erosion/Deposit
Sec 3 and 4 Quiz, Ch 3 Erosion and Deposition, Earth's Changing Surface
Question | Answer |
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The ability to do work or cause change is | energy |
Energy that is stored | potential energy |
The energy of motion | kinetic energy |
The amount of sediment carried by a river | load |
Volume of water that moves past a point on a river | flow |
Force that opposes the motion of one surface across another | friction |
Movement of water every which way instead of downstream | turbulence |
Any large mass of ice that moves slowly over land | glacier |
Sharp ridge separating two cirques | arete |
Bowl-shaped hollow eroded by a glacier | cirque |
Long mound of till that is smoothed in the direction of the glacier’s flow | drumlin |
Sea-filled valley cut by a glacier in a coastal region | fiord |
Small depression formed by a chunk of ice when it melts | kettle |
Ridge formed at the edge of a glacier | moraine |
Ridge at the farthest point reached by a glacier | terminal moraine |
Mixture of sediments a glacier deposits on the surface | till |