CFA - Spring 1
VOCABULARY
Ch. 14
Weathering
Mechanical weathering
Chemical weathering
current
Abrasion
Oxidation
Hydrolysis
Carbonation
Acid precipitation
Soil
Erosion
Reshaping the Crust: Chapters 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18
Study Guide
Ch. 15
Water cycle
Evapotranspiration
Condensation
Ch. 16
Groundwater
Aquifer
Porosity
Ch. 17
Glacier
Alpine glacier
Continental glacier
Ch. 18
Beach
Dune
Longshore
Precipitation
Tributary
Watershed
Streamload
Discharge
Gradient
Meander
Delta
Alluvial fan
Floodplain
Permeability
Water table
Basal slip
Internal plastic flow
Ice age Lagoon
Milankovitch theory
Estuary
Barrier island
Chapter 14: Weathering & Erosion
1. List the agents of mechanical weathering?
2. Snow that weathers buildings in a city is an example of what form of chemical weathering?
3. Abrasion is caused by _____ (list all possible agents)
4. How does the amount of a rock’s surface area affect weathering?
5. Topography with high mountains and steep slopes are especially vulnerable to what type of weathering?
6.Which landforms are the result of weathering and erosion?
7. List the forms of mechanical weathering?
8. In what climates is the weathering rate slowest?
9. What two processes are all landforms subject to?
10. List the common agents of erosion?
11. Lichens and mosses produce weathering agents called _____ acids.
12. Ice, plants and animals, gravity, running water, and wind are common agents of which type of weathering?
Chapter 15: River Systems
13.Which factors affect the local water budget?
14.What is stream load?
15.When a river’s load and discharge increase, how is its erosive power effected?
16. What is a conditions are necessary for a river system to form?
17. What is an artificial levee?
18. What are the advantages of a dam?
19. Most are _________-lived in geologic terms.
20. What is a watershed?
21. When water changes state from a gas to a liquid, the process is called ____.
22. About 90% of the water used by cities and industry is returned to rivers or to the oceans as _____
23. The change in elevation of a stream over a given horizontal distance is the stream’s _____
24. Which factors widen and deepen a river channel?
25. When a meander becomes isolated from a river it may become a(n) ____
Chapter 16: Groundwater
26.The layer of an aquifer in which the pore space is completely filled with water is called the zone of
27. A natural flow of groundwater to Earth’s surface is called a(n)
28.What is a tributary?
29. What is the difference between a delta and an alluvial fan?
30. Which of the following does NOT affect the depth of the water table below the ground?
31. The aquifer zone that lies between the water table and Earth’s surface is called the
32.How are wells, springs, and artesian formations similar?
33. What factors affect the flow of groundwater through an aquifer?
Chapter 17: Glaciers
34. When new snow is added to a glacier faster than ice and snow melt, the glacier ______________________
35. A lake basin can form when a continental glacier leaves depressions in ____
36. Earth’s most recent ice age began approximately how long ago?
37. Glacial lakes can form through ______ and _______.
38. Explain the theories that explains the cause of ice ages?
39. A bowl-shaped depression formed by a glacier is called a(n) _______
40. How does the Milankovitch theory explain the cause of ice ages?
41.How does an iceberg form?
42.If the polar ice caps melted completely, sea levels would _____.
Chapter 18: Erosion by Wind & Waves
43.The abrasive action of waves is known as ______
44. The composition of beach material depends on the _______.
45. Barrier islands can be formed when ____
46. An area where fresh water from rivers mixes with salt water from the ocean is known as a(n)
47. Substances in air and water react with rock during ___ weathering.
48.Since the last glacial period, sea level has been
49.In what direction does a longshore current move?
50.Beaches are formed by