Chapter 5 Erosion and Deposition

A ridge of sand built up by wave action is…

• barrier island

• dune

• sandbar

• none of the above

A mound of sand built up by wind is…

• sandbar

• dune

• loess

• none of the above

Deposits of fine-grained, wind-blown sediment is

• longshore current

• loess

• barrier island

• none of the above

It is made up of particles too large to be picked up

• loess

• dune

• desert pavement

• none of the above

What are the major ways of erosion

• wind

• water

• ice

• all of the above

Gravity pulls rock and soil.

• True

• False

When glaciers expand and and then melt and retreat, they____________both the land underneath them and the land around them.

• affect

• protect

Besides ridges, hills, and blankets of till, melting glaciers also leave behind ___________________ of various sizes that can become lakes.

• kettle lakes

• depressions

Some _______________ have huge networks of rooms and passageways.

• caverns

• sinkholes

What is drainage basin

• a ridge from which water drains to one side or the other

• the area of land in which water drains into a stream system

• a flat area of land on either side of a stream that is nearly level with the stream