Quiz 10 Science

sediment deposit extending from the mouth of a river into the sea

(a)  

stream that feeds into a river

(a)  

ridge formed when a river drops sediments along the edge of its channel

(a)  

triangular deposit formed by short lived desert streams

(a)  

narrow, shallow cut in the soil

(a)  

U-shaped body of water near a river formed by movements of the river's channel

(a)  

the level or nearly level land that borders a river and is covered by river water in flood time

(a)  

What type of physical weathering occurs when water soaks into a crack in a rock and freezes?

(a)  

Height of Land Portage is a location on the U.S.-Canada border that was historically used to carry canoes overland between rivers flowing south to the Gulf of Mexico and rivers flowing north to Hudson Bay. What type of river-related feature passes through Height of Portage?

(a)  

What type of weathering changes the composition of the materials?

(a)