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Question #1. What are the differences between weathering, erosion, and deposition?. Question #2. Any material or force that moves sediments from place to place is called an agent of __________. Question #3. The material that is moved by erosion is called ___________. Question #4.

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  1. Question #1 • What are the differences between weathering, erosion, and deposition?

  2. Question #2 • Any material or force that moves sediments from place to place is called an agent of __________.

  3. Question #3 • The material that is moved by erosion is called ___________.

  4. Question #4 • What is the strongest agent of erosion?

  5. Question #5 • What is the weakest agent of erosion?

  6. Question #6 • Fan-shaped deposits that form where rivers move sediment down mountains

  7. Question #7 • Fan-shaped deposits that form at the mouths of rivers

  8. Question #8 • Flat areas that form on the sides of a mature river and that are sometimes covered by water during flooding

  9. Question #9 • Give three characteristics of youthful rivers.

  10. Question #10 • Give three characteristics of mature rivers.

  11. Question #11 • Give three characteristics of old-age rivers.

  12. Question #12 • Explain how oxbow lakes form.

  13. Question #13 • In which type of climate is wind erosion the most common?

  14. Question #14 • What is deflation?

  15. Question #15 • Which soil conservation method(s) would be most helpful in reducing wind erosion?

  16. Question #16 • ______________ is when the wind picks up small sediment leaving larger pebbles and small rocks behind.

  17. Question #17 • Outdoor structures are eroded and polished by ____________.

  18. Question #18 • The sediment that is picked up and carried by the wind (ex. Dust Bowl) is called _________.

  19. Question #19 • How do sand dunes form and move?

  20. Question #20 • The movement of water in the ocean parallel to shore is called the ____________ ___________.

  21. Question #21 • Name two formations that are formed by the deposition of waves and currents.

  22. Question #22 • How can erosion caused by longshore currents be reduced?

  23. Question #23 • What is dredging?

  24. Question #24 • A huge chunk of ice that moves over land is a __________.

  25. Question #25 • Unsorted sediment dropped by a glacier is called __________.

  26. Question #26 • What is the difference between lateral moraine and terminal moraine?

  27. Question #27 • What are outwash plains?

  28. Question #28 • Swift movement of wet debris in elevated areas is which type of mass movement __________?

  29. Question #29 • Crooked fences and tree trunks is the result of what type of mass movement?

  30. Question #30 • Falling debris in dry, elevated areas is what type of mass movement?

  31. Question #31 • The mass movement in which sections of land in cliff areas collapse is called _________.

  32. Question #32 • Which type of mass movement is the most destructive? Least destructive?

  33. Be able to explain how horns, kettle lakes, drumlins, and moraine form.

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