Landforms CSA Review

Does it make more sense to measure the elevation of a mountain in feet or inches?

• feet

• inches

Does it make more sense to measure the elevation of a mountain in millimeters or meters?

• meters

• millimeters

Erosion is...

• The angle or slant of a stream channel or land surface

• A fan-shaped landform deposited at the end of a steep canyon

• The process of wearing away earth materials by water, wind, or ice 

• The process by which eroded earth materials settle in a new place

The process where earth materials are laid down (or settled) in another place 

• Deposition

• Meandar

• Erosion

• Delta

Eroded earth materials that have been deposited are called...

• Basin

• Channel

• Deposition

• Sediments

A flood is...

• Water flow that rises and falls rapidly with little or no advance warning; can be caused by dam failure

• A very heavy flow of water, greater than the normal flow of water and goes over the stream's normal channel

• The area around a river that is covered by water flowing over the riverbank during a storm

• An embankment along a stream

What happens to a river when a flood occurs?

• The land around the river is more damaged due to the increased water

• The river has more water in it

• The water moves faster because of the weight of more water

• All of these

When a river floods...

• There is increased deposition

• There is decreased deposition

• The deposition doesn't change

Johnny needs to understand the process of a volcanic eruption and present it to his class.  Should he make a model or a map to help him?

• A model because it's 3-D

• A map because he can label all the important parts and features

• He can use either one,  they both have their benefits

• Neither.  He should just take pictures from the internet.

Models and maps are both representations of real things/places or processes

• False

• True