wall along a river channel or other body of water

an artificial lake where water is collected and monitored by engineers

path for flood waters to flow over

land formed over many years by the build-up of sand and dirt just offshore of the mainland

the deepening or widening of a river or harbor

thin, narrow walls built from the shoreline into the ocean

dumping new sand onto eroding beaches to restore them

crops are planted in level sections called terraces

Organisms that affect the soil

plants, animals, and other types

List three surface features created by deposition.

alluvial fan, delta, and sand dunes

What part of Earth's structure combine to form the lithosphere?

Earth's solid upper mantle and crust

List four structures that help control floods:

Levees, dams, reservoirs, and floodways

List two events that would cause beaches to erode.

dredging and rising ocean levels

List three types of mountains

fold, fault block, and dome mountains

to use data you know and observations you have made to draw conclusions based on observations and data.

lines on a topographic map that indicate areas with the same elevation or height above sea levels.

the thin, rocky outer layer of the earth that makes up the continents and ocean floor

to observe and tell how objects or events are alike or different.

to state and tell how objects or events are alike or different

destructive force in which pieces of rock are moved by water, wind, or moving ice.

destructive force that breaks down rocks into smaller pieces

constructive force in which sediments that have been moved from one place are dropped or released in another place.

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Earth sci test 1

Question	Answer
levee	wall along a river channel or other body of water
reservoir	an artificial lake where water is collected and monitored by engineers
floodway	path for flood waters to flow over
barrier island	land formed over many years by the build-up of sand and dirt just offshore of the mainland
dredging	the deepening or widening of a river or harbor
jetties	thin, narrow walls built from the shoreline into the ocean
beach nourishment	dumping new sand onto eroding beaches to restore them
terrace farming	crops are planted in level sections called terraces
guyots	seamounts that have flat tops
Organisms that affect the soil	plants, animals, and other types
What kind of force is weathering?	destructive
List the two types of weathering:	mechanical and chemical
A river cutting a V-shaped valley is an example of -	weathering and erosion
when a river meets and ocean, sediments drop out because the river does what?	slows down.
As a river flows across a flat plain, its course begins to wind and curve. The curves are called -	meanders.
List three surface features created by deposition.	alluvial fan, delta, and sand dunes
What part of Earth's structure combine to form the lithosphere?	Earth's solid upper mantle and crust
Plates interact in three ways at their boundaries. They may _____, _____, or slide past each other.	converge, diverge
In the United States active volcanoes are found where?	near the Pacific Ocean.
Scientists who study earthquakes are -	Seismologists
List four structures that help control floods:	Levees, dams, reservoirs, and floodways
What helped cause the Dust Bowl of the 1930's?	poor farming practices
List two events that would cause beaches to erode.	dredging and rising ocean levels
List three types of mountains	fold, fault block, and dome mountains
Infer	to use data you know and observations you have made to draw conclusions based on observations and data.
Contour lines	lines on a topographic map that indicate areas with the same elevation or height above sea levels.
crust	the thin, rocky outer layer of the earth that makes up the continents and ocean floor
compare	to observe and tell how objects or events are alike or different.
predict	to state and tell how objects or events are alike or different
erosion	destructive force in which pieces of rock are moved by water, wind, or moving ice.
sediment	small pieces or rock
weathering	destructive force that breaks down rocks into smaller pieces
deposition	constructive force in which sediments that have been moved from one place are dropped or released in another place.

Created by: torimccord

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