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Meet Your Maker | Sort It Out | Relationship Troubles? | Cool As Ice | A River Runs Through It | Q&A |
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Delta What is Running Water? Meet Your Maker 100 | Type of sorting, or bedding that is caused by a rapid decrease in water velocity. What is Graded Bedding? Sort It Out 100 | Relationship of Particle Size vs. Settling Rate What is a Direct Relationship? Relationship Troubles? 100 | Unsorted and unstratified rock materials deposited directly by the glacial ice What is Glacial Till? Cool As Ice 100 | How particles look after they have been deposited by running water. What is Round & Smooth? A River Runs Through It 100 | What are the 3 main processes that are involved in moving sediment from one location to another? Weathering, Erosion, Deposition Q&A 100 |
Moraine What is a Glacier? Meet Your Maker 200 | Type of sorting, or bedding that is caused by a gradual decrease in water velocity. What is Horizontal Bedding? Sort It Out 200 | Relationship of Particle Density vs. Settling Rate What is a Direct Relationship? Relationship Troubles? 200 |
Sorted and stratified deposits made by the stream of glacial meltwater
What is Glacial Outwash? Cool As Ice 200 | A wide, level area bordering a stream covered in sediments from flooding events.
What is a Flood Plain? A River Runs Through It 200 | What is the type of dune built around a blowout? A Parabolic Dune Q&A 200 |
Barrier Island What are Waves & Currents? Meet Your Maker 300 | Sedimentary rock that is formed as clay is cemented and compacted after it is deposited through horizontal bedding. What is Shale? Sort It Out 300 | Relationship of Particle Shape (Round to Flat) vs. Settling Rate What is an Inverse Relationship? Relationship Troubles? 300 | Unsorted and unstratified accumulations of glacial till deposited by a glacier (lateral, terminal, and ground are types)
What is a Moraine? Cool As Ice 300 | A ridge of sand formed in a river by running water.
What is a Sandbar? A River Runs Through It 300 | What are five ways sediment can be deposited naturally? Wind, Glaciers, Running Water, Waves & Currents, and Mass Movements Q&A 300 |
Talus What is a Mass Movement? Meet Your Maker 400 | Rock particle that takes the longest to deposit in a stream. What is Clay? Sort It Out 400 | Relationship of Kinetic Energy vs. Elevation What are Unrelated Variables? Relationship Troubles? 400 | Long, smooth, canoe-shaped hills made up of till (unsorted) pointing in the direction of glacial movement. What are Drumlins? Cool As Ice 400 | Place in a meandering stream where erosion is dominant. What is the outside of a meander? A River Runs Through It 400 | What are the five depostional factors influencing particle settling? Particle shape, particle size, particle density, water velocity, and saturation of dissolved minerals Q&A 400 |
Levee What is Running Water? Meet Your Maker 500 | Type of sedimentary rock formed from horizontal bedding as the larger particles (boulders, cobbles, pebbles) deposit and become compacted and cemented together What is Conglomerate? Sort It Out 500 | Relationship of Potential Energy vs. Elevation What is a Direct Relationship? Relationship Troubles? 500 | Long, winding ridges that form as the glacier melts, roughly layered and stratified
What are Eskers? Cool As Ice 500 | Some of this is lost due to friction as you move from the head of the stream to the mouth of the stream. What is Net Energy? A River Runs Through It 500 | What are the mounds of sediment on the edge of river banks? Levee Q&A 500 |
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Relationship Troubles
In a meandering stream, list 2 places where: (1) the potential energy may be the highest, and (2) the kinetic energy may the highest
1) Head of the Stream
2) Outside of the Meander, or Steepest Slope of the Stream (Wherever the velocity is the greatest)
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