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What is Root Growth
What is Ice Wedging
What is Animal Action
What is Glacial Abrasion
What is Release of Pressure
I move very slowly down the slope, sometimes bending trees
What is a Creep
The two key components of a mass movement are
What is Water & Gravity
This type of movement is caused gravity and excess snow
What is an Avalanche
This type of movement includes a mixture of water and soil that can flow faster than a human can run
What is a Mudslide
All of the Following Share which Force?
What is Gravity
A large mass of ice moving down a slope
What is a Glacier
All of the following were created by Cirque Arete Horn Moraine Till Outwash
What is a Glacier
Small wind blown deposits from a frost pulverized outwash
What is Loess
The valley below was carved out by a glacier, what is it called?
What is a “U” Shaped Valley
Most of Earth’s Fresh Water is stored in
What are Glaciers
Which size of sediment will deposit last? Boulders Gravel Sand Silt Clay
What is Clay
What type of sediment will allow water to filtrate through it the best? Gravel Sand Silt Clay
What is Gravel
If you were in a raft traveling in a straight line on a river, where in the river would you want to be?
What is the Middle of the River
Which side of a river bank will have more sediment deposited?
The Inside of the Bank
Which side of the cross section will have a cut bank?
The Left Side of this Diagram
Layers in the atmosphere are divided by
What is Temperature
As Elevation Increases Pressure
What is Decreases
These two elements make up most of the atmosphere
What is Oxygen and Nitrogen
This molecule protects us from harmful radiation
What is Ozone
Most of the water vapor in the Earth’s atmosphere comes from
What is the Oceans