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Question 1

what is the difference between weathering and erosion?

Answer 1

Erosion is the removal of surface material while weathering is the breakdown of materials.

Question 2

If the slope of a river decreases, what will happen to the river’s speed?

Answer 2

The river’s speed would decrease

Question 3

What are small streams that flow into larger rivers called?

Answer 3

tributaries

Question 4

What is land area that gathers water for a major river called?

Answer 4

drainage basin

Question 5

what is the boundary that separates distinct drainage basins called?

Answer 5

drainage divide

Question 6

What is created when water flows downhill under the influence of gravity, water erodes earth’s surface.

Answer 6

channels

Question 7

What shape does young rivers have due to fast movement?

Answer 7

V-shaped

Question 8

What type of rivers are wide with smooth and gentle slopes?

Answer 8

Mature rivers

Question 9

What type of land form is formed when rivers flood and drop their sediment load?

Answer 9

flood plains

Question 10

What is a fan shaped sediment deposit that forms at the mouth of a river where it empties?

Answer 10

Deltas

Question 11

What are distributaries?

Answer 11

Branching channels created by deltas

Question 12

What is formed when the mouth of a river or stream enters dry land?

Answer 12

Alluvial Fans