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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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Gravity
Erosion
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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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1. Ramp
2. Interval
3. Hill
4.Slope
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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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1. Meandering Stream
2.Gravity
3.Precipitation
4.Floodplains
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Gravity: 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 FARMERS RICH
TOPSOIL BEING BLOW AWAY ARE TWO
GOOD EXAMPLES.
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1. Sand dunes
2. Wind Erosion
3. Deposition
4.Water Erosion
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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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1.Ice Erosion
2.Moraines
3.Frozen Precipitation
4.Wind Erosion
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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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1.Mesa
2.River
3.Levee
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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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1.Mesa
2.Mountain
3.Moraine
4.Canyon
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MOUNTAIN: A LAND MASS THAT
PROJECTS WELL ABOVE ITS
SURROUNDINGS; HIGHER THAN A
HILL.
IS THE PROCESS BY WHICH
ERODED MATERIALS SETTLE OUT
IN ANOTHER PLACE.
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1. Deposition
2.Sediment
3.Erosion
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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.
1. Mass movement
2.Sediment
3.Weathering
4.Deposition
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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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1.Stream bed
2.Moraine
3.Levee
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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
1. Tsunami
2. Earthquake
3. Delta
4.Mass Movement
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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.
1. Meandering Stream
2.Tributary
3.Stream bed
4.Alluvial Fan
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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.
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 THE
LAKE . IN SOME CASES THEY CAN PROVIDE
ELECTRICITY FOR A TOWN.
1. Levee
2. Dam
3. Algae bloom
4.Hydroelectric plant
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DAM: DAMS ARE DESIGNED TO HOLD BACK
WATER SO THAT THE RIVER WILL NOT
FLOOD ITS BANKS. DAMS PROVIDE PLACES
FOR PEOPLE TO BOAT SWIM AND FISH IN
THE LAKE BEHIND THAT DAM THAT IS
CREATED. IN SOME CASES A DAM CAN
PROVIDE ELECTRICITY FOR A TOWN.
THE THIN, OUTER LAYER OF
EARTH.
1. Crust
2. Core
3. Mantle
4.Magma
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CRUST: THE THIN, OUTER
LAYER OF EARTH.
THE LAYER OF ROCK
BENEATH EARTH’S CRUST.
1. Crust
2. Core
3. Mantle
4.Magma
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MANTLE: THE LAYER OF ROCK
BENEATH EARTH’S CRUST.
THE CENTER OF THE EARTH.
1. Crust
2. Magma
3. Mantle
4.Core
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CORE: THE CENTER OF THE
EARTH.
THE VERTICAL DISTANCE BETWEEN
CONTOUR LINES ON THIS IS THE
CONTOUR INTERVAL.
1. Resource Map
2. Elevation Map
3. Contour Interval Map
4.Political Map
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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.
1. Tributary
2.Mouth
3.Channel
4.Meandering stream
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TRIBUTARY: OF A STREAM; FLOWING
INTO A LARGER STREAM. A BRANCH
THAT FLOWS INTO THE MAIN
STREAM.
A V-SHAPED GORGE WITH STEEP SIDES ERODED
BY A STREAM. THESE ARE
CREATED BY EROSION. ONE OF THE LARGEST
AND OLDEST IS LOCATED IN ARIZONA.
1. Basin
2. Plate
3. Canyon
4.Mountain
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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 RANGE IN SIZE
1. Deltas
2. Stream bed
3. Crust
4.Fossils
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STREAM BED: THE SUBSTRATE OF
THE STREAM CHANNEL BETWEEN THE
ORDINARY HIGH WATER MARKS. THE
SUBSTRATE MAY BE BEDROCK OR
INORGANIC PARTICLES
THAT RANGE IN SIZE
A BREAK OR PLACE WHERE PIECES
OF EARTH’S CRUST MOVE.
1. Fault
2. Plate
3. Mantle
4. Core
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FAULT: A BREAK OR PLACE
WHERE PIECES OF EARTH’S
CRUST MOVE.
THE RIGID BLOCKS OF CRUST
AND UPPER MANTLE BLOCK.
1. Volcano
2. Pangaea
3. Landforms
4.Plates
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PLATE: THE RIGID BLOCKS OF
CRUST AND UPPER MANTLE
BLOCK.
A HOT, SOFT ROCK FROM
EARTH’S LOWER MANTLE.
1. Sedimentary
2. Magma
3. Igneous
4.Metamorphic
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MAGMA: A HOT, SOFT ROCK
FROM EARTH’S LOWER
MANTLE.
A MOUNTAIN FORMED BY LAVA
AND ASH.
1. Volcano
2. Grand Canyon
3. Alluvial Fan
4.Mesa
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VOLCANO: A MOUNTAIN
FORMED BY LAVA AND ASH.
A THEORY OF HOW EARTH’S
CONTINENTS MOVE OVER IT’S
SURFACE.
1. Theory of Relativity
2. Mass Movement
3. Continental Drift
4.Kinetic Motion
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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.
1. Fossil
2. Pangaea
3. Magma
4.Obsidian
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FOSSIL: THE REMAINS OR TRACES
OF PAST LIFE FOUND IN
SEDIMENTARY ROCK.
A SUPER CONTINENT CONTAINING
ALL OF EARTH’S LAND AND EXISTED
ABOUT 225 MILLION YEARS AGO.
1. Fossils
2. Mantle
3. Bedrock
4.Pangaea
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PANGAEA: A SUPER CONTINENT
CONTAINING ALL OF EARTH’S LAND
AND EXISTED ABOUT 225 MILLION
YEARS AGO.
A PLACE WHERE GROUNDWATER
FLOWS TO THE SURFACE AND
ISSUES FREELY FROM THE
GROUND.
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1. Waterfall
2. Natural Springs
3. Tributary
4.Meandering stream
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NATURAL SPRINGS: 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.
1. Elevation Map
2. Political Map
3. Contour Interval map
4.Resource Map
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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.
1. Volcano
2. Mountain
3. Canyon
4.Mesa
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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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2. Alluvial Fan
3. Channel
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ALLUVIAL FANS: A FAN-SHAPED
DEPOSIT OF EARTH MATERIALS
FORMED WHERE A STREAM FLOWS
FROM A STEEP SLOPE ONTO
FLATTER LAND.
A HILL OR RIDGE OF WIND-BLOWN
SAND.
1. Sediment
2. Deposition
3. Sand dunes
4.Mesa
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SAND DUNES: A HILL OR RIDGE OF
WIND-BLOWN SAND.
ARE ERODED EARTH MATERIALS
THAT HAVE BEEN DEPOSITED.
1. Magma
2. Sediments
3. Deposition
4.Fossils
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SEDIMENTS: ARE ERODED
EARTH MATERIALS THAT HAVE
BEEN DEPOSITED.
AN ACCUMULATION OF BOULDERS,
STONES, OR OTHER DEBRIS CARRIED
AND DEPOSITED BY A GLACIER.
1. Moraines
2. Alluvial fan
3. Sediment
4.Canyon
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MORAINES: AN ACCUMULATION OF
BOULDERS, STONES, OR OTHER
DEBRIS CARRIED AND DEPOSITED
BY A GLACIER.
TWO DIMENSIONAL
REPRESENTATIONS OF THREE
DIMENSIONAL SURFACES DIRECTLY
OVERHEAD.
1. Elevation Maps
2. Topographic Maps
3. Globe
4.Political Maps
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TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS- TWO
DIMENSIONAL REPRESENTATIONS
OF THREE DIMENSIONAL SURFACES
DIRECTLY OVERHEAD.
A STEEP TO VERTICAL DESCENT
OF A STREAM CHANNEL.
1. Waterfall
2. Natural Springs
3. Channel
4.River
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WATERFALL: A STEEP TO
VERTICAL DESCENT OF A STREAM
CHANNEL.
IS THE COURSE OF PATH THE
WATER TAKES IN A STREAM OR
RIVER.
1. Flood plain
2. Stream bed
3. Meandering stream
4.Channel
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CHANNEL: IS THE COURSE OF
PATH THE WATER TAKES IN A
STREAM OR RIVER.
IS A LOW AREA IN WHICH
SEDIMENTS ARE OFTEN DEPOSITED.
1. Flood plain
2. Canyon
3. Basin
4.Natural Springs
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BASIN: IS 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.
1. Levee
2. Alluvial Fan
3. Dam
4.Channel
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LEVEE: AN EMBANKMENT ALONG A
STREAM THAT PROTECTS LAND FROM
FLOODING. LEVEES CAN BE NATURAL
OR CONSTRUCTED.
WHERE A STREAM ENTERS
ANOTHER BODY OF WATER.
1. Channel
2. Basin
3. Mouth
4.Tributary
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MOUTH: WHERE A STREAM
ENTERS ANOTHER BODY OF
WATER.
AN ISOLATED ELEVATION IN THE
LAND, USUALLY NO MORE THAN
30 M FROM BASE TO PEAK.
1. Hill
2. Valley
3. Mountain
4.Mesa
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HILL: AN ISOLATED ELEVATION
IN THE LAND, USUALLY NO MORE
THAN 30 M FROM BASE TO PEAK.
LAND THAT GETS COVERED WITH
WATER DURING A FLOOD.
1. Waterfall
2. Floodplain
3. Sand dunes
4.Levee
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FLOODPLAIN: LAND THAT GETS
COVERED WITH WATER DURING
A FLOOD.