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S3/4 Erosion/Deposit
Sec 3 and 4 Quiz, Ch 3 Erosion and Deposition, Earth's Changing Surface
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |