erosion

Question 1

erosion

Answer 1

the process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents

Question 2

weathering

Answer 2

the process of wearing or being worn by long exposure to the atmosphere.

Question 3

water cycle

Answer 3

the cycle of processes by which water circulates between the earth’s oceans, atmosphere, and land, involving precipitation as rain and snow, drainage in streams and rivers, and return to the atmosphere by evaporation and transpiration.

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evaporation

Answer 4

the process of turning from liquid into vapor.

Question 5

condensation

Answer 5

water which collects as droplets on a cold surface when humid air is in contact with it.

Question 6

precipitation

Answer 6

rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground

Question 7

surface runoff

Answer 7

Surface runoff is the flow of water occurring on the ground surface when excess rainwater

Question 8

tributary

Answer 8

a river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake

Question 9

watershed

Answer 9

an area or ridge of land that separates waters flowing to different rivers, basins, or seas

Question 10

continental divide

Answer 10

a divide separating river systems that flow to opposite sides of a continent.

Question 11

deposition

Answer 11

the action of deposing someone, especially a monarch.

Question 12

delta

Answer 12

a triangular tract of sediment deposited at the mouth of a river, typically where it diverges into several outlets

Question 13

floodplain

Answer 13

an area of low-lying ground adjacent to a river, formed mainly of river sediments and subject to flooding.

Question 14

water tble

Answer 14

the level below which the ground is saturated with water.

Question 15

sewage treatment plants

Answer 15

part of the field of sanitation

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septic tank

Answer 16

a tank, typically underground, in which sewage is collected and allowed to decompose through bacterial activity before draining by means of a leaching field

Question 17

sea stacks

Answer 17

A stack or sea stack is a geological landform consisting of a steep and often vertical column or columns of rock in the sea near a coast, formed by wave erosion

Question 18

sea arches

Answer 18

type of erosional landform

Question 19

sea caves

Answer 19

a type of cave formed primarily by the wave action of the sea

Question 20

wavecut terraces

Answer 20

shallow-water shelf inclining gently away from the base of an eroded sea cliff

Question 21

headlands

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a narrow piece of land that projects from a coastline into the sea

Question 22

beach

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a strip of land covered with sand, pebbles, or small stones at the edge of a body of water, especially by the ocean between high- and low-water marks

Question 23

glacier

Answer 23

a slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles

Question 24

glacial drift

Answer 24

material, as gravel, sand, or clay, transported and deposited by a glacier or by glacial meltwater

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till

Answer 25

a sediment consisting of particles of various sizes and deposited by melting glaciers or ice sheets ,unsorted

Question 26

stratified drift

Answer 26

predominantly sorted sediment laid down by or in meltwater from glaciers and includes sand, gravel, silt, and clay arranged in layers., sorted