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Jeopardy

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• By Mrs. Shook

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Types of Landforms
Water Cycle
Changing Landforms
Other Landform Terms
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What is a beach?
This landform is a gently sloping shore washed by
waves.

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What is precipitation?
Water that returns to the Earth in the form of
rain, sleet, hail or snow.

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What is weathering?
Breaking rocks into smaller pieces over a long
period of time.

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What is channel?
The path a river or stream takes.

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What is a canyon?
A v-shaped valley eroded by a river.

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What is evaporation?
Water changes from a liquid to a gas.

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What is erosion?
The picking up and carrying away of weathered
rocks.

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What is a meander?
A bend or S-shape in a river.

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What is a dune?
A mound or hill of wind blown sand.

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What is condensation?
Water changing from a gas to a liquid.

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What is deposition?
Dropping off of eroded material.

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What is a tributary?
A small feeder stream that starts high in the
mountains.

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What is a mountain?
High uplifted area with steep slopes.

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What is run off?
Precipitation that flows across the lands
surface flows into rivers or streams.

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What is a delta?
As water is deposited at the mouth of a river,
this landform is created.

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What is a topographic map?
A hiker would use this map because is used lines
to show elevation and the shape of the land.

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What is a plain?
Nearly level area of land that has been eroded or
where material has been deposited.

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What is a flood plain?
Too much precipitation can cause areas around a
river to become covered with water. This landform
is created.

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What is sediment?
These materials are carried away and deposited by
erosion and deposition.

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What are contour lines?
The lines are on a topographic map to show
elevation and the shape of the land.

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