Ch 6 L 2 Quiz

a pile of windblown sands

• dune

• abrasion

• loess

a crumbly, windblown deposit of silt and clay

• delta

• abrasion

• longshore current

• meander

• loess

a broad, C-shaped curve in a stream

• abrasion

• meander

• loess

a large deposit of sediment that forms where a stream enters a large body of water

• delta

• longshore current

• loess

the grinding away of rock or other surfaces as particles carried by wind, water, or ice scrape against them

• delta

• abrasion

• longshore current

a current that flows parallel to the shoreline

• abrasion

• longshore current

• meander

Removing vegetation from a slope decreases erosion.

• True

• False

Underground caves can form in limestone through deposition.

• True

• False

Longshore currents move sediment parallel to the shoreline.

• True

• False

A delta is a landform that forms through deposition.

• True

• False