Module F Unit 1 test Study guide

Define

1. Surface area
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2. Moraine
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3. Outwash
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4. Sediment
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5. Alluvial fan
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6. Cirque
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7. Carbonic Acid
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8. Till
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9. Oxidation
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10. Meanders
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11. Oxbow Lake

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12. Horn
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13. Arete
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14. Esker
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15. Label a. Meander and b. Oxbow lake

16. Describe how floodplains form.

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17. Describe the benefits of a floodplain.

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18. Below is a picture of a kettle lake (lake formed from glaciers). What would happen if
sediment did not build up around the sides of the lake?

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19. How do deltas form? How do you know?

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20. Describe how gravity erodes sediment.

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21. Describe how wind erodes sediment.

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22. Describe how ice/glaciers erode sediment.

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23. Describe how water erodes sediment.

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24. Weathering happens more slowly in what type of climate?

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25. Weather happens faster in what type of climate?

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26. Describe Chemical weathering and give one example.

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27. Describe Mechanical weather and give one example.

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28. List the 4 agents of erosion

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29. List 4 things rocks can be physically weathered by.

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30. If a glacier moved through this valley how would it change?
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31. Explain how water, wind, gravity and ice deposit soil, sediment and rock.
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