Cam Science #2

What factors increase the speed of a river?

• Steep slope

• Low Volume

• Deep Streambed

• Boulders in streambed

What factors decrease the speed of a river?

• Gentle slope

• High Volume

• Shallow streambed

• Boulders in streambed

Draw and label a river where deposition and erosion would be.

Types of erosions?

• Running water, waves, ice glaciers, and wind.

• Volcanic erosion, earthquake erosion, landslide erosion
• Chemical erosion, physical erosion, biological erosion
• Human erosion, animal erosion, plant erosion

Running Water: runoff, ____, and groundwater carry sediment as they flow.

• rivers

• lakes

• ponds

Waves pick up and move____along the coastline?

• sediments

• rocks
• trees
• buildings

Waves pick p and move sediments along the coastline through impact and ___?

• compression
• abrasion

• deposition
• expansion

Wind moves small particles of sediment by ___?

• deflation

• weathering
• deposition
• volcanic activity

Deposition is when sediment have been____

• eroded and put down in a new place.

• transported and then eroded
• transported and then evaporated
• transported and then dissolved

Featured formed by deposition include___

• mountain ranges, glaciers, and volcanoes
• ocean trenches, coral reefs, and atolls
• canyons, plateaus, and mesas
• deltas, beaches, and stalactites