River erosion gizmo - 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 the flooding...

GIZMOS Student Exploration River Erosion | 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. ...

The image above shows a raging mountain river in full flood. What do you think is making the water brown in color? The dirt from the mountain is making the river brown. 2. What impact do you think the flooding river will have on the surrounding landscape? The impact that the flooding river will have on the surrounding landscape I think is that the soil will not me stable and landslide have a higher possibility of happening. Gizmo Warm-up If you stand by the bank of a river, it may seem ...

GIZMOs River Erosion Group Answers A+ Work Document Content and Description Below Exam (elaborations) GIZMO 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 t...

The image above shows a raging mountain river in full flood. What do you think is making the water brown in color? The dirt from the mountain is making the river brown. 2. What impact do you think the flooding river will have on the surrounding landscape? The impact that the flooding river will have on the surrounding landscape I think is that the soil will not me stable and landslide have a higher possibility of happening. Gizmo Warm-up If you stand by the bank of a river, it may seem ...

AP BIOLOGY Student Exploration: Rock Cycle Gizmo Student Exploration: Rock Cycle Vocabulary: deposition, erosion, extrusive igneous rock, intrusive igneous rock, lava, lithification, magma, metamorphic rock, rock cycle, sediment, sedimentary rock, soil, weathering Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) 1. What happens to hot lava after it erupts from a volcano? _____It cools and hardens into rock ____________________________________________________________________ 2...

No need to submit anything. The questions that follow are to help you in making your observations.Do not spend a lot of time on this - the goal is to gather evidence in order to understand how rivers shape our land. Log in to Gizmo - Launch the River Erosion Gizmo Erosion occurs when sediments and other materials are moved from one place to another. Along with weathering, which is the breakdown of large rocks into smaller sediments, erosion can have a profound impact on the landscape. To b...

Exam (elaborations) GIZMOS 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? Mud from the mountains 2. What impact do you think the flooding...

Student Exploration: Erosion Rates [Note to teachers and students: This lesson was designed as a follow-up to the Weathering and River Erosion lessons. We recommend doing those activities before trying this one.] Vocabulary: climate, erosion, precipitation, sandstone, shale, vegetation, valley, weathering Prior Knowledge Questions (Do these BEFORE using the Gizmo.) 1. Erosion is the removal and movement of soil, rocks, and other materials from one place to another on Earth’s surface. Wha...

V Letter that describes the shape of a typical mountain valley Tributary A stream or river that flows into a larger river Waterfall A place in a stream where water falls straight down Stream bank The side of a stream Stream bed The bottom of a stream Slope How steep a channel is River speed The measure of how fast water flows Discharge The water volume that flows past a given point each second Meandering rivers Have wide flat bottoms and are found...