Unit 4 Study Guide: Water’s Role in Shaping the Earth
DUE THURSDAY 10/27/11 (TEST ON THURSDAY!)
Unit 4 Study Guide: Water’s Role in Shaping the Earth
DUE THURSDAY 10/27/11 (TEST ON THURSDAY!)
Write the definitions for the following vocabulary
words: (Make sure they are also in your glossary!)
1. Erosion
8. Floodplain
2. Tributary
9. Deposition
3. Sediment
10. Delta
4. Gradient
11. Alluvial Fan
5. Load
12. Shoreline
6. Discharge
13. Sand
7. Channel
14. Oxbow Lake
Write the definitions for the following vocabulary
words: (Make sure they are also in your glossary!)
1. Erosion
8. Floodplain
2. Tributary
9. Deposition
3. Sediment
10. Delta
4. Gradient
11. Alluvial Fan
5. Load
12. Shoreline
6. Discharge
13. Sand
7. Channel
14. Oxbow Lake
Answer the following on p. 30L in your notebook.
Answer the following on p. 30L in your notebook.
13. Explain the difference between erosion and
deposition. (24R and 27R)
13. Explain the difference between erosion and
deposition. (24R and 27R)
14. Describe each of the 4 forces (or agents) of erosion.
Explain what landforms result from each one. (24R)
14. Describe each of the 4 forces (or agents) of erosion.
Explain what landforms result from each one. (24R)
15. Explain the difference between a river system and a
tributary. (25R)
15. Explain the difference between a river system and a
tributary. (25R)
16. Describe the factors that affect how fast the rate of
erosion is (erosive energy) of a river. (26R)
16. Describe the factors that affect how fast the rate of
erosion is (erosive energy) of a river. (26R)
17. Describe a river with a lot of erosive energy. Where
is it located? What does it carry? What does it look
like? Then describe a river with much less erosive
energy. (26R)
17. Describe a river with a lot of erosive energy. Where
is it located? What does it carry? What does it look
like? Then describe a river with much less erosive
energy. (26R)
18. Both alluvial fans and deltas form from deposition.
Describe the difference between an alluvial fan and a
delta. (27R)
18. Both alluvial fans and deltas form from deposition.
Describe the difference between an alluvial fan and a
delta. (27R)
19. Flooding can cause a stream or river to do what?
(28R)
19. Flooding can cause a stream or river to do what?
(28R)
20. How is an Oxbow Lake formed and how does it
affect a stream or river? (28R)
20. How is an Oxbow Lake formed and how does it
affect a stream or river? (28R)
21. Describe the benefits and damages of floods (2 for
each). (28R)
21. Describe the benefits and damages of floods (2 for
each). (28R)
22. Explain how beaches form (Be sure to mention
wave energy!). Explain why they are different colors
and made of different sized rocks. (29R)
22. Explain how beaches form (Be sure to mention
wave energy!). Explain why they are different colors
and made of different sized rocks. (29R)