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Topic VI and VII
Water Cycle, Climate, Weathering, Erosion, Deposition and Landscapes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| What causes ocean currents? | Atmospheric Winds |
| What word describes water moving through the ground? | Infiltration |
| What conditions would produce more runoff? | Steep slope, heavy rain, frozen ground |
| What is the process called when water vapor moves out of leaves? | Transpiration |
| What does impermeable mean? | Unable to move through |
| what will cause the water table to rise? | Increase in precipitation |
| What characteristics will be found in a rock that has high porosity? | Rounded particles, loosely packed, well sorted |
| What process takes place best with fine particles? | Capillarity |
| What type of climate causes chemical weathering to increase? | Warm and Humid |
| What sized particles will increase permeability and infiltration rates? | Larger |
| What type of physical weathering happens in climates that alternate below and above freezing? | Frost Action / Ice Wedging |
| What is an example of chemical weathering? | Dissolving rock by carbonic acid |
| What type of rock is easily dissolved by carbonic acid? | Limestone |
| The rate of permeability increases with what sized particle? | Larger |
| In a meandering stream where do you find the fastest water? | Outside of the curve |
| In a straight stream where do you find the fasted water? | Center |
| When water speeds up will Erosion be more common or Deposition? | Erosion |
| When water slows down will Erosion be more common or Deposition? | Deposition |
| What is a glacial erratic? | A rock that is different from the rocks beneath it |
| What is residual soil? | Soil that matched the parent bedrock below |
| What is transported soil? | Soil that does not match the parent bedrock below |
| What are elongated hills made up of unsorted sediment deposited by glaciers. | Drumlins |
| What agent of Erosion forms U shaped valley's? | Glaciers |
| What agent of Erosion forms V shaped valley's? | Streams |
| What do drumlins help us to determine? | The direction a glacier moved |
| Are sediments left by glaciers sorted or unsorted? | Unsorted |
| Are sediments left by water sorted or unsorted? | Sorted |
| Are sediments left by gravity sorted or unsorted? | Unsorted |
| Are sediments left by wind sorted or unsorted? | Sorted |
| What are 4 examples of Mass Movement? | Landslide, Mudslide, Creep and Avalanche |
| What size particle will water drop first? | Largest |
| Why does deposition happen in the inside of a meandering curve? | Stream velocity slows down |
| What does the word discharge mean? | Stream volume |
| What landform is found where the Mississippi River deposits into the Gulf of Mexico? | Delta |
| What particle shape will deposit the fastest? | Round |
| When is dynamic equilibrium reached? | When the rate of erosion and deposition are equal |
| What is the name of the process that changes liquid water to water vapor? | Evaporation |
| What is the name of the process that forms clouds? | Condensation |
| What is the name of the process where water moves into the ground? | Infiltration |
| What is the name of the process where water vapor leaves a plant? | Transpiration |
| How many joules of heat energy are required for 1 gram of water to evaporate? | 2,260 |
| What is the relationship between stream velocity and the size of sediment that can be carried? | Direct |
| What is sediment? | Broken down rock |
| What is the process that causes particles to become smooth and rounded? | Stream abrasion |
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Lmorgante
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