The breakdown of rock chemically or physically is called...

The movement of rock by wind, water, gravity or glaciers is called....

The dropping off of rock fragments is called...

The speed of water is called...

Water flowing downhill through a channel is called....

The #1 agent of erosion is...

The #1 force behind all erosion is....

A smaller stream that enters a larger stream is called...

What factors determine velocity of a stream?

The volume of water is called...

Stream that has high velocity, rapids, V shape channel, straight and lots of erosion is considered...

Stream that has slow moving water, meanders, lots of deposition is considered...

Rivers have what shape channel?

The Power to carry particles is called...

What occurs when water velocity slows down?

What occurs when water velocity increases?

All of the sediment that is carried by a stream is called...

Particles that are dissolved in water are called...

Particles that are floating in water are called

Particles that are being bounced along the bottom of the streamed and being rounded as they travel is called...

Where does water travel the fastest within a meander to cause erosion?

Where does the water travel the slowest to produce deposition?

When a meander gets cut off from the main channel and creates a horseshoe shaped lake...what is this called?

As slope increases, what happens to velocity of water?

As discharge increases, what happens to carrying power?

As velocity increases, what happens to erosion?

As velocity of the water increases, what happens to the size particle that can be moved?

What factors determine sorting?

Which particles settle first?

Which particles settle last?

When particles organize themselves horizontally, this is called....

When particles organize themselves vertically, this is called...

Triangle shape deposition on land is called....

Triangle shape deposition in water is called...

How fast or slow something settles is called...

How long something takes to settle is called

What agents of erosion provides sorted, layered, organized and rounded sediments based on size shape and density of the particles?

What agents of erosion provides unsorted, unlayered, unorganized, angled sediments NOT based on size shape and density of the particles?

What agent of erosion will produce a sand dune?

The gentle side of the sand dune where the wind is coming from is called...

The steep side of the sand dune where the wind is going towards is called...

Mass movement or mass wasting is produced by what agent of erosion?

Sediment deposited by gravity is called...

Put the different forms of gravity erosion and put them in order from slowest to fastest.

Rivers and glaciers move fastest in the middle of because the sides and bottom of the channel have a lot of what?

The area next to a river that is flat and often floods during heavy precipitation is called...

Where would the erosion be found?

Where would deposition be found?

What profile matches the meander from points X to Y? Remember about where erosion and deposition will happen.

Glaciers (alpine glaciers) move under the force of what?

These rocks traveled...

Antarctica and Greenland are considered what type of glacier?

20,000 years ago during the Pleistocene Epoch is the time frame for what major event in NY?

The breaking apart of a glacier is called...

Glaciers that break apart and fall in the water create....

Glaciers that break apart and fall on land and make a huge dent in the ground is called....

Glaciers create what shape valley?

The North/South scratches carved by glaciers traveling over bedrock are called...

Striations show the direction of the glacier movement in NY. What direction do they point?

Unsorted sediment created by glacier erosion is called...

Massive amounts of till found within the glacier is called...

A moraine found in front of the glacier is called...

A moraine found in the middle of a glacier is called....

A moraine found along the sides of a glacier are called...

A tear drop shaped hill deposited by a glacier is called a

In NY, the tip of the teardrop shaped hill (Drumlin) always points in what direction?

Massive boulders deposited by glaciers are called

Glacial soil that does not match the rock beneath it and was transported in during the last ice age is called

Soil that matches the composition underneath it is called...

Glacial ice deposits unsorted sediment. When it melts and turns into water, it deposits sorted sediments. This feature is called...

Which of these features was glacially created?

Rivers produce V shape valleys. This is produced by water cutting downward into the rock. This process is called...

Elevation, rock type and drainage patterns define what?

The landscape with the highest relief (biggest elevation change) and is made of metamorphic rock is called a

The landscape with the medium relief (medium elevation) and has elevated sedimentary rock is called

The landscape that is the flattest sedimentary rock (lowest relief) is called...

What type of landscape would be created with humid conditions?

What type of landscape would be created with dry conditions?

What is special about the Catskill Mountains?

An area where all water drains into is called a...

Longshore drift is a term for the movement of what along the beach?

The long, thin island that is deposited by wave action that protects the shoreline of a location is called a(n)

What is the purpose of a Jetty or Groin?

This is radial drainage. What landscape will it drain off of?

This is Annular drainage. What landscape will it drain off of?

This is Dendritic drainage. What landscape will it drain off of?

This is Rectangular drainage. What landscape will it drain off of?