connection between weathering, erosion, and deposition - ANSWER Weathering and erosion break down surface structures. Deposition builds them up.
describe the difference between slow and fast mass wasting of earth materials. Give example of each. - ANSWER Slow- particles slowly going in a dow...
12B Earth Science Questions Answered & Graded
connection between weathering, erosion, and deposition - ANSWER Weathering and erosion break
down surface structures. Deposition builds them up.
describe the difference between slow and fast mass wasting of earth materials. Give example of each. -
ANSWER Slow- particles slowly going in a downhill motion by gravity (Creep)
Fast- loose earth moving down a steep slope cause by a sudden movement (Mudflow)
what property of flowing water determines how much sediment it can carry? - ANSWER turbulence
what are the three ways streams move sediments? - ANSWER Sorting
Saltation
Suspension
Describe the orderly deposition of sediments as water turbulence gradually lessens. - ANSWER Sorting:
the largest particles are carried by the most turbulence then as the turbulence slows the bigger particles
stop because they cannot be carried by slower turbulence ten the smaller particle keep going until the
turbulence gets too slow even for them
What places are especially prone to wind erosion? - ANSWER deserts and places experiencing a drought
Two formations resulting from wind erosion - ANSWER blowout, desert pavement
two important land features resulting from wind deposition - ANSWER fine dust does not form today,
dunes
How do glaciers form? - ANSWER glaciers form only in areas where more snow falls than melts. Snow
build up, and its weight compacts the snow, forming ice that then begins to move downhill
What factors determine how fast a glacier moves? - ANSWER slope of bedrock, the rate of snowfall
accumulation, relative lengths of winter and summer.
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