Unit 2: Lesson 1 Vocabulary Quiz

The process by which sediment and other materials are moved from one place to another.

• deposition

• alluvial fan

• erosion

• floodplain

The process by which eroded material is dropped.

• groundwater

• deposition

• delta

• erosion

Many layers of deposited sediment can form a flat area called a _______.

• floodplain

• groundwater

• wave

• gradient

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Streams often deposit their loads in a fan-shaped pattern called a ______.

• currents

• meanders

• floodplain

• delta

A fan-shaped deposit that forms on dry land is an ____.

• alluvial fan

• erosion

• floodlplain

• groundwater

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The water located within the rocks below Earth's surface is called _____.

• waves

• groundwater

• a shoreline

• currents

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

The place where land and a body of water meet is called a _____.

• beach

• delta

• groundwater

• shoreline

A ____ is an area of shoreline that is made up of material deposited by waves and currents.

• delta

• beach

• shoreline

• cave

An underwater or exposed ridge of sand, gravel or shell material is called ____.

• a beach

• a delta

• an alluvial fan

• a sandbar

A long, narrow island, usually made of sand, that forms parallel to the shoreline a short distance offshore is ________.

• a barrier island

• a floodplain

• a delta

• an alluvial fan