Earth’s Changing Surface Test: Friday, February 12th 2016
Weathering (mechanical vs. chemical), Erosion, Deposition
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Agents (wind, running water, waves, glaciers, gravity, animals)
Which are constructive (building) vs. destructive (destroying) processes?
Speed of processes (slow: Great Lakes, AND fast: shoreline erosion 17 m in 1 year)
Examples (study the sorting chart)
Special features: the Great Lakes, the Grand Canyon, sinkholes, delta formation
(Mississippi, Nile),
o HOW did each form?
Glaciers
o How glaciers erode the land and what features form
Rivers/streams: where erosion and deposition occur on the bends
Topographic Maps
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Features (mountains/hills, rivers and direction of water flow, cliffs, valleys, etc.)
Determining the contour interval based on a map
Determining the elevation of a point on a map
Matching a profile to a topographic map
Interpreting slope/steepness of an area based on contour lines
Earth’s Changing Surface Test: Friday, February 12th 2016
Weathering (mechanical vs. chemical), Erosion, Deposition
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




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Agents (wind, running water, waves, glaciers, gravity, animals)
Which are constructive (building) vs. destructive (destroying) processes?
Speed of processes (slow: Great Lakes, AND fast: shoreline erosion 17 m in 1 year)
Examples (study the sorting chart)
Special features: the Great Lakes, the Grand Canyon, sinkholes, delta formation
(Mississippi, Nile),
o HOW did each form?
Glaciers
o How glaciers erode the land and what features form
Rivers/streams: where erosion and deposition occur on the bends
Topographic Maps
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Features (mountains/hills, rivers and direction of water flow, cliffs, valleys, etc.)
Determining the contour interval based on a map
Determining the elevation of a point on a map
Matching a profile to a topographic map
Interpreting slope/steepness of an area based on contour lines