Chapter 10: Reshaping Earth''s Surface

What is deposition?

• The process of adding sediments to a new place after being carried from another
• The process of moving sediments to the end of a river to form rills

What can cause the change in the shape of a river?

• deposition
• fish eggs
• waterfalls
• erosion

Water starts...

• at sea level and travels downward
• above sea level and travels downward
• at sea level and travels north only
• above sea level and travels south only

Where does a river flow into a larger body of water?

• delta
• rills
• river
• stream

Is flooding a blessing or a curse?

• blessing
• curse
• both

How does the salt get to the ocean?

• dissolved mineral from the land the river flows over
• dissolved mineral from the ocean floor and fish
• dissolved mineral from the many ships on the ocean dumping it into the water
• dissolved mineral from the many fish eggs deposited in the gravel

Wave energy is strongest at...

• bottom of the ocean
• surface of the ocean

When the ocean floor causes the bottom of the wave to slow down while the top is moving quickly it causes a ________ to form.

• breaker
• wind wave
• tsunami
• earthquake

The two top causes of waves are....

• wind and tectonic activity
• wind and earthquakes
• stiff breeze and underwater tectonic plates shifting
• all of the above

A tsunami is ...

• an unusually large sea wave produced by tectonic activity
• an unusually small sea wave produced by tectonic activity
• an unusually large sea wave produced by wind
• an unusually large sea wave produced by an elephant jumping into the ocean