Erosion & Deposition: Water & Wind Check-In

A stream is an active water channel that erodes land and transports sediment.

• True
• False

A ______ is a flat, wide area of land along a river that is often covered when the river overflows during a flood.

• flood plain
• delta
• meander
• oxbow lake

A(n) ______ is a meander that has been cut off from sediments being deposited and damming up the ends.

• flood plain
• delta
• oxbow lake
• meander

______ occur where a river meets an area of rock that erodes slowly.

• waterfall
• oxbow lake
• flood plain
• groundwater

_____ are formed from deposits in dripping groundwater that hang on the roof of a cave.

• Stalactites
• Stalagmites

Which of the following are ways that waves shape the coastlines?

• Through erosion that breaks down rock and transports sand & other sediment
• Abrasion or grinding away at the shore
• All of the above

A beach is an area of deposited sediment carried in by a wave.

• true
• False

____________ shape the coastline through erosion by breaking down rock and transporting sand and other sediment; erode land by impact of great force and abrasion or grinding away at the shore.

• Delta
• River
• Waves
• Stream

Identify this feature.

• Dunes
• wave
• beach

Loop like bend in the course of a river that becomes more curved over time

• wave
• dune
• beach
• floodplain
• meanders