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| List four possible things that can cause a change to the earth's surface |
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| Water, wind, ice, plant, animal, human. |
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| Give a description of a canyon. |
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| a narrow opening in the Earth created by the movement of wind and water. (i.e. Grand Canyon) |
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| Give a description of a sand dune. |
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| A large pile of deposited sand moved by wind. |
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| Give a description of a mountain. |
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| A mountain is a very tall high, natural place on Earth - higher than a hill. The tallest mountain on Earth is Mt. Everest. |
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| Give a description of a river. |
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| A thin, flowing body of water that empties into a sea or an ocean. |
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| Give a description of a valley. |
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| A low place between mountains. |
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| Label the parts of a river: |
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| Delta, riverbank, source, mouth, river bed. |
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| Definition of deposition. |
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| Dropping off of eroded particles in a new place. |
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| When rocks stuck to the bottom of a glacier drag across bedrock, causing scraping and gouging of rocks. |
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| A deposit of wind-blown sand. |
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| The process by which water, ice, wind or gravity moves weathered rock & soil. |
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| What factors affect how moving water erodes and deposits sediment. |
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| Slope, obstacles, the sediment, content of water. |
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| Describe the slope of a river. What affects the moving water? |
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| Height of slope and gravity. |
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| Which rocks break down the fastest (softest)? |
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| Which rocks break down the slowest (hardest)? |
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| What can be created by rock abrasion? |
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| What is caused by glacial deposition? |
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| A body of sediment deposited at the mouth of a stream where it enters an ocean or lake. Usually triangle shape. |
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| What is the mouth of a river? |
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| The end of a river, where it empties into a large body of water. |
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| What is the source of a river? |
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| The place where it begins. |
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