Chapter 3 Review
Test Questions Included!
Erosion and Deposition
• What is the major
agent of erosion that
shapes Earth?
• What are the four
types of mass
movement and how
are they alike?
• How are they
different?
• Moving Water!!!
• Landslide, Mudflow,
Creep, and Slump
• They are all caused
primarily by gravity.
• They differ in water
content and in how
they move.
Erosion and Deposition
• Very slow movement
of rock and soil is
called__________.
• Sudden slippage of
large chunks of land
in a large mass is
called ___________.
• Mass movement of
runny, liquid mud is
called ___________.
• Creep
• Slump
• Mudflow
Erosion and Deposition
• When sediment is
laid down in a new
location it is called
______________.
• What is the large
deposit of sediment
left behind where a
stream leaves a
mountain range
called?
Deposition
Alluvial Fan
Erosion and Deposition
• The process by which
natural forces move
weathered materials
from one place to
another is called
____________.
• The process by which
wind removes
surface materials is
called ___________.
• Erosion
• Deflation
Erosion and Deposition
• Sediment deposited
where a river flows
into a lake or ocean is
called a __________.
• Heavy rains can
cause a river to flow
over its banks and
create a ________
_________.
• Delta
• Flood Plain
Erosion and Deposition
• Water that moves
over Earth’s surface is
called ___________.
• How much erosion a
river can cause is
dependent on three
factors: _________,
___________, and
______________.
• Runoff
• Slope, volume of
flow, and streambed
shape
Erosion and Deposition
• Put these in order
from smallest to
largest: river, stream,
rill, gully.
• Which of these four
always have water
running in them?
• Rill, gully, stream,
river
• Stream and river
Erosion and Deposition
• A loop-like bend in a
river is called a
_____________.
• When a meander
gets cut off from a
river by damming up
the ends, an
_________ ______ is
formed.
• Meander
• Oxbow lake
Erosion and Deposition
• A area of wavewashed sediment
along a coast is called
a ___________.
• Beach sediment
moves with the
current in a process
called ____________
__________.
• Beach
• Longshore drift
Erosion and Deposition
• Waves are
• Erosion and deposition
constantly changing
the coastline. This • Sand is deposited by
is due to
wind. The wind continues
___________ and
to blow the sand and
_____________.
build up dunes. Deflation
• How are sand
is most active in the
dunes formed?
desert because there is
little growing to stop the
wind.
Erosion and Deposition
• How are beaches
formed?
• A beach that
projects out into
the water is called
a _______.
• Rivers and streams carry
eroded materials to the
ocean. Longshore drift
deposits these sediments
to create beaches.
• spit
Erosion and Deposition
• A large mass of ice
that moves slowly
over land is called a
_________.
• The two types of
glaciers are ______
and _____________.
• Glacier
• Valley
• Continental
Erosion and Deposition
• Which type of glacier
spreads out over an
island or continent?
• How do glaciers
form?
• Glaciers pick up rocks
in a process
called_________.
• Continental
• More snow falls than
melts. The snow
must reach a depth
of at least 30 to 40
meters.
• Plucking
Erosion and Deposition
Erosion and Deposition
• Waves are caused by
_____ moving over
the water.
• A part of the shore
that sticks out into
the ocean is called a
______________.
• Wind
• Headland
Erosion and Deposition
•Good luck
on the test!
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