Weathering Erosion Freshwater

The land area that drains a particular set of streams and rivers is called a -

• Channel
• Drainage hectare
• Alluvial fan
• Watershed

What describes smaller streams that feed into larger rivers?

• Branches
• Channels
• Aquifers
• Tributaries

Where the river meets the sea, a ______ is formed

• Floodplain
• Oxbow lake
• Delta
• Alluvial fan

What province of Virginia has Karst topography?

• Piedmont
• Blue Ridge
• Appalachian Plateau
• Valley and Ridge

Wind blows sand onto rocks and slowly breaks down the rock

• Mechanical Weathering
• Chemical Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A mudslide dumps a large pile of mud onto a road

• Mechanical Weathering
• Chemical Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Water gets into cracks of a rock, when the water freezes it breaks up the rock

• Mechanical Weathering
• Chemical Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Waves wash sand onto land until a beach is formed

• Mechanical Weathering
• Chemical Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

A flash flood washes away the side of a river bank

• Mechanical Weathering
• Chemical Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A river carries dirt and mud out of the land it runs through

• Mechanical Weathering
• Chemical Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1