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Landform Vocabulary
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LANDFORMS
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Cindy Jarrett
Cindy Jarrett
What wears away earth materials by
water, wind, or ice? Plants and trees along
the river bank help protect the bank from
this…
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A.
B.
C.
D.
Plate
Gravity
Erosion
Deposition
EROSION wears away earth materials by
water, wind, or ice. Plants and trees along
the river bank help protect the bank from
erosion.
What is often used to describe the measurement of
the steepness, incline, gradient, or grade of a
straight line? The higher the value indicates a
steeper incline.
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A.
B.
C.
D.
Ramp
Interval
Hill
Slope
SLOPE
is often used to describe the
measurement of the steepness, incline,
gradient, or grade of a straight line. A
higher slope value indicates a steeper
incline.
What causes water to flow from higher places to
lower places on the earth and in the stream table
models?
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A.
B.
C.
D.
Meandering Stream
Gravity
Precipitation
Floodplains
Gravity causes water to
flow from higher places
to lower places on the
earth and in the stream
table models.
Sand grains knocking the paint off of
beach houses, and a Farmer’s rich
topsoil being blow away are two good
examples of...
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A. Sand dunes
B. Wind erosion
C. Deposition
D. Water erosion
WIND EROSION:
Sand grains knocking
the paint off of beach houses, and a
Farmers rich topsoil being blow away
are two good examples of what wind
erosion can do.
What is water freezing and expanding (ice)
breaking rocks into soil ?
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A. Ice erosion
B. Moraine
C. Frozen precipitation
D. Wind erosion
ICE EROSION: Water freezing and
expanding (ice) breaks rocks into soil
A low area between hills and mountains,
where a stream often flows.
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A. Mesa
B. River
C. Levee
D. Valley
VALLEY: a low area between hills
and mountains, where a stream often
flows.
A land mass that projects well above its
surroundings; higher than a hill.
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A. Mesa
B. Mountain
C. Moraine
D. Canyon
MOUNTAIN: a land mass that projects
well above its surroundings; higher than
a hill.
The process by which eroded materials
settle out in another place.
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A. Deposition
B. Sediment
C. Erosion
D. Gravity
DEPOSITION: is the process by which
eroded materials settle out in another
place.
The process of breaking rock into soil,
sand, and other tiny pieces.
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A. Mass Movement
B. Sediment
C. Weathering
D. Deposition
WEATHERING: The process of breaking
rock into soil, sand, and other tiny pieces.
A fan shaped deposit of earth materials
at the mouth of a stream. These are
created by deposition.
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A. Stream bed
B. Moraine
C. Levee
D. Delta
DELTA: A fan shaped deposit of earth
materials at the mouth of a stream. Deltas
are created by deposition. When a fast
moving narrow river flows into a large body
of water like a lake or ocean you would
expect the water to slow and a delta to form.
The downhill movement of rock and
soil because of gravity.
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A. Tsunami
B. Earthquake
C. Delta
D. Mass Movement
MASS MOVEMENT: The downhill
movement of rock and soil because
of gravity.
A curve or loop in a river or stream. A
stream where erosion on one bank and
deposits on the other bank make big curves
in the riverbed.
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A. Meandering stream
B. Tributary
C. Stream bed
D. Alluvial fan
MEANDERING STREAM:
A curve or loop in a
river or stream. A meandering stream is a
stream where erosion on one bank and
deposits on the other bank make big curves
in the riverbed.
These are designed to hold back water so
that the river will not flood its banks. They
provide places for people to boat, swim, and
fish in a lake. In some cases they can
provide electricity for a town.
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A.
B.
C.
D.
Levee
Dam
Algae bloom
Hydroelectric plant
DAMS:
are designed to hold back water so
that the river will not flood its banks. They
can provide places for people to boat,
swim, and fish in the lake behind a dam
that is created. In some cases a dam can
provide electricity for a town.
The thin, outer layer of Earth.
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A. Crust
B. Core
C. Mantle
D. Magma
CRUST: the thin, outer layer of
Earth.
The layer of rock beneath Earth’s crust.
A. Crust
B. Core
C. Mantle
D. Magma
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MANTLE: The layer of rock
beneath Earth’s crust.
The center of the earth.
A. Crust
B. Magma
C. Mantle
D. Core
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CORE: The center of the earth.
The vertical distance between contour
lines on this type of map is called the
contour interval.
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A. Resource map
B. Elevation map
C. Contour Interval map
D. Political map
CONTOUR INTERVAL MAP:
The
vertical distance between contour lines
is the contour interval.
A section of a stream flowing into a
larger stream. A branch that flows into
the main stream.
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A. Tributary
B. Mouth
C. Channel
D. Meandering stream
A TRIBUTARY
of a stream flows into a
larger stream. A branch that flows into
the main stream.
A V-shaped gorge with steep sides eroded
by a stream. They are created by erosion.
One of the largest and oldest is located in
Arizona.
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A. Basin
B. Plate
C. Canyon
D. Mountain
CANYON: a V-shaped gorge with steep
sides eroded by a stream. Canyons are
created by erosion.
The substrate of the stream channel
between the ordinary high water marks.
The substrate may be bedrock or
inorganic particles that vary in size.
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A. Delta
B. Stream bed
C. Crust
D. Fossils
STREAM BED:
The substrate of the
stream channel between the ordinary
high water marks. The substrate may
be bedrock or inorganic particles that
vary in size.
A break or place where pieces of Earth’s
crust move.
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A. Fault
B. Plate
C. Mantle
D. Core
FAULT: a break or place where
pieces of Earth’s crust move.
The rigid blocks of crust and upper mantle block.
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A. Volcano
B. Pangaea
C. Landforms
D. Plates
PLATE: The rigid blocks of crust and
upper mantle block.
A hot, soft rock from Earth’s lower mantle.
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A. Sedimentary
B. Magma
C. Igneous
D. Metamorphic
MAGMA: A hot, soft rock from
Earth’s lower mantle.
A mountain formed by lava and ash.
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A. Volcano
B. Grand Canyon
C. Alluvial fan
D. Mesa
VOLCANO:
A mountain formed by
lava and ash.
A theory of how Earth’s continents move
over it’s surface.
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A. Theory of Relativity
B. Mass Movement
C. Continental Drift
D. Kinetic Motion
CONTINENTAL DRIFT: A theory of
how Earth’s continents move over it’s
surface.
The remains or traces of past life found in
sedimentary rock.
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A. Fossil
B. Pangaea
C. Magma
D. Obsidian
FOSSIL: The remains or traces of past
life found in sedimentary rock.
A super continent containing all of Earth’s
land that existed about 225 million years
ago.
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A. Fossils
B. Mantle
C. Bedrock
D. Pangaea
PANGAEA:
A super continent containing
all of Earth’s land that existed about 225
million years ago.
A place where groundwater flows to the
surface and issues freely from the ground.
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A. Waterfall
B. Natural spring
C. Tributary
D. Meandering stream
NATURAL SPRINGS are a place where
groundwater flows to the surface and
issues freely from the ground.
A map that indicates the elevation – using
birds eye view and contour lines.
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[MC Any]
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A. Elevation map
B. Political map
C. Contour Interval map
D. Resource map
ELEVATION MAP: A map that indicates the
elevation – using birds eye view and contour
lines.
An isolated, broad, flat-topped hill having at
least one steep cliff.
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A. Volcano
B. Mountain
C. Canyon
D. Mesa
MESA: an isolated, broad, flat-topped
hill having at least one steep cliff.
A fan-shaped deposit of earth materials
formed where a stream flows from a steep
slope onto flatter land.
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A. Delta
B. Alluvial fan
C. Channel
D. Levee
ALLUVIAL FANS: fan-shaped deposits
of earth materials formed where a stream
flows from a steep slope onto flatter land.
A hill or ridge of wind-blown sand.
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A. Sediments
B. Deposition
C. Sand dunes
D. Mesa
SAND DUNE: A hill or ridge of wind-
blown sand.
Eroded earth materials that have been deposited.
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A. Magma
B. Sediments
C. Deposition
D. Fossils
SEDIMENTS are eroded earth
materials that have been deposited.
Two dimensional representations of three
dimensional surfaces directly overhead.
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A. Moraine
B. Alluvial fan
C. Sediment
D. Canyon
MORAINES:
an accumulation of
boulders, stones, or other debris
carried and deposited by a glacier.
Two dimensional representations of three
dimensional surfaces directly overhead.
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A. Elevation Maps
B. Topographic Maps
C. Globe
D. Political Maps
TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS:
two-dimensional
representations of three dimensional
surfaces directly overhead.
A steep to vertical descent of a stream channel.
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A. Waterfall
B. Natural spring
C. Channel
D. River
WATERFALL: a steep to vertical
descent of a stream channel.
The course or path the water takes in a
stream or river.
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A. Flood plain
B. Stream bed
C. Meandering stream
D. Channel
CHANNEL: the course or path the
water takes in a stream or river.
A low area in which sediments are often
deposited.
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A. Flood plain
B. Canyon
C. Basin
D. Natural springs
BASIN: a low area in which sediments are
often deposited.
An embankment along a stream that protects
land from flooding. This structure can be
natural or constructed.
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A. Levee
B. Alluvial Fan
C. Dam
D. Channel
LEVEES are an embankment along a
stream that protects land from flooding.
Levees can be natural or constructed.
A MOUTH is the place where a stream
enters another body of water.
An isolated elevation in the land, usually
no more than 30 m from base to peak.
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A. Hill
B. Valley
C. Mountain
D. Mesa
HILLS are isolated elevations in the
land, usually no more than 30 m from
base to peak.
Land that gets covered with water during a
flood.
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A. Waterfall
B. Floodplain
C. Sand dunes
D. Levee
FLOODPLAIN land that gets covered
with water during a flood.