Ch. 13 and 15 Earth Space

What is the most effective agent of erosion?

• Wind

• Water

Give an example of something in suspension.

• Rocks

• Soil

Give an example of something in bed load.

• Rocks

• Salt

Give an example of something in solution.

• Rocks

• Salt

Which of the three types of stream transport causes the most abrasion?

• Solution

• Bed Load

Which of the three types of stream transport causes the least abrasion?

• Solution

• Bed Load

Glaciers move over older moraines and form the material into elongated, whale shaped hillls called a _______.

• Arete

• Drumlin

What is a large, moving mass of ice?

• Moraine

• Glacier

What are the criteria for glaciers? (Check Three)

• form over land

• move

• form over water

• made of ice

• don't move

What is a snow line?

• where most of the snow falls

• lowest elevation of permanent snow