River erosion - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Exam (elaborations) GIZMO Copy of KWAL 5 River Erosion Student Exploration: River Erosion Vocabulary: cutbank, discharge, erosion, flood, floodplain, meander, meandering river, oxbow lake, point bar, river speed, sediments, slope, streambank, streambed, tributary, weathering Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) 1. The image above shows a raging mountain river in full flood. What do you think is making the water brown in color? Dirt 2. What impact do you think t...

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GIZMO Copy of KWAL 5 River Erosion

Drainage basin correct answers an area of land drained by a river and it's tributaries Source correct answers the start of a river Tributary correct answers a small stream that joins a larger river Confluence correct answers where a tributary joins a larger river Watershed correct answers the edge of a river basin Mouth correct answers the end of a river, usually where a river joins the sea Upper course characteristics correct answers - valley: steep-sided, V shaped - River:...

apesWhich of the following shows the approximate concentration of CO2, N2, and O2 in dry air? - correct answer CO2<1% , N2 78% , O2 21% Which of the following is true about the region of Earth's atmosphere known as the stratosphere? - correct answer the highest concentration of naturally occurring ozone form in this layer Which of the following is the correct order of soil particles in order of increasing size? - correct answer sand - silt - clay Which of the following factors is fu...

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St. Petersburg is located on which of the following bodies of water? - correct answer The Baltic Sea What has been the effect of erosion in the Ural Mountains? - correct answer Erosion has exposed many valuable minerals. Which of the following is located in central Russia, stretching from the Ural Mountains to the Yenisei River Valley, and is one of the world's largest regions of continuous flatland? - correct answer West Siberian Plain Why is St. Petersburg referred to as the no...

River correct answers Carry water back to ocean, gravity drives flow, transport sediment, drain to specific landscape (drainage basin) Drainage Basin correct answers All of the upstream area that drains into a given river or stream Tributaries correct answers All the smaller rivers and streams that merge with the larger river that makes it all the way to the ocean Gradient correct answers The slope of the land Discharge correct answers The volume of water carried in m3/sec Velocit...

Fjord - ANSWERSA long narrow inlet with steep cliffs created by glacial erosion (commonly found in Washington State) The Alps were formed... - ANSWERS...by the collision of the African and Eurasian continents (the alps are not made of volcanic rock) Three Main Types of Rocks - ANSWERSIgneous - Obsidian, Basalt, Granite (made from lava/ volcanic activity) Metamorphic - Slate, Gneiss, Phyllis (made under extreme pressure and temperature) Sedimentary - Limestone, Shale, Sandstone (made...