River erosion gizmo - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

River Erosion Gizmo Latest Update Graded A 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 fou...

River Erosion SE - Gizmo with complete solution 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 f...

River Erosion SE - Gizmo with complete solution

[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. What are some forces that might caus...

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...

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?

GIZMO Copy of KWAL 5 River Erosion

GIZMO Copy of KWAL 5 River Erosion

Student Exploration: River Erosion Gizmo Answer Key

Exam (elaborations) GIZMO Copy Of KWAL 5 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 river will have...