1. Erosion and Deposition
Test Review

2. Question 1
What is the process where sediment is dropped off in a new location?
deposition

3. Question 2
What force causes mass movement?
gravity

4. Question 3 Where does water above ground deposit sediment?
Where the water slows down

5. Question 4
What is the name of the cave formation that hangs from the ceiling?
stalactite

6. Question 5
What is the name for the particles that are picked up and moved by wind and water?
sediment

7. Question 6
What are the natural forces that move weathered rock particles and soil from one place to another?
Erosion

8. Question 7 How to glaciers cause erosion?
They move over land and pick up rocks and boulders

9. Question 8
What is a stream that flows into a larger stream?
Tributary

10. Question 9
What is the name for all of the land area that drains into a river?
Drainage basin or watershed

11. Question 10 Where does wind deposit sediment?
Where it slows down – sand dunes

12. Question 11 How do caves form?
Chemical weathering by carbonic acid then sediments erode into groundwater and form stalactites and stalagmites as the sediments are deposited

13. Question 12 What is groundwater?
The term geologists give for water that is underground

14. Question 13
What is creep?
A type of mass movement where sediment slowly moves downhill because of gravity

15. Question 14
How does wind move sediment?
By deflation

16. Question 15 Where does mass movement deposit sediment?
Nearby – not far away

17. Question 16 What is the term for how a glacier picks up sediment?
Plucking

18. Question 17 How does water above ground cause erosion?
Moving water picks up and moves sediments

19. Question 18
What is run-off?
All the water that flows off the land

20. Question 19 What are stalagmites?
A cave formation that grows from the cave floor

21. Question 20
What is a glacier?
A large mass of ice that moves slowly

22. Question 21
What is the difference between a continental glacier and a valley glacier?
A continental glacier is larger and covers large parts of continents or islands; valley glaciers are long and narrow and cover small areas

23. Question 22 How do glaciers form?
When more snow falls in a year than melts, a glacier is formed

24. Question 23 Where does water below ground deposit sediment?
In cave formations

25. Question 24 Where do glaciers deposit sediment?
Where they begin to melt

26. Question 25 What is sediment?
The particles of rock and soil that are moved by erosion