WED & Topography

Question 1

Weathering

Answer 1

Is the process that breaks down rock.

Is a destructive process

Question 2

Erosion

Answer 2

Is the movement of sediment from one place to another.

Question 3

Deposition

Answer 3

Is the laying down of sediment that has been eroded (Is a constructive process)

Question 4

Meander

Answer 4

A bend in a river

Question 5

Delta

Answer 5

A fan shaped deposit in a larger body of water.

Question 6

Alluvial Fan

Answer 6

A fan - shaped deposit on dry land.

Question 7

Floodplain

Answer 7

A level strip of land on the sides of a river, made by sediments that are deposited during flooding.

Question 8

Oxbow Lake

Answer 8

A meander that gets cut off from a river.

Question 9

Constructive

Answer 9

A process that builds up (ex. Deposition)

Question 10

Destructive

Answer 10

A process that breaks down rock into sediment (ex. weathering)

Question 11

Benchmark

Answer 11

A location whose exact elevation is known

Question 12

Contour Interval

Answer 12

Is the difference in elevation between each line on a topographic map.

Question 13

Contour Line

Answer 13

It connects points of equal elevation on a topographic map.

Question 14

Index Contour

Answer 14

It is usually every 5th line on the topographic map, is darker, & lists the elevation.

Question 15

Topographic Map

Answer 15

A two - dimensional model of the Earth’s surface.