28. Streams produce fluvial erosion, which supplies weathered sediment for to ne

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28. Streams produce fluvial erosion, which supplies weathered sediment for to new locations, where it is laid down in a?

. A. erosion and alluvium

B. alluvium, deposition

C. transport, deposition

D. erosion, transport

31. What is a fluvial deposit?

A. material laid down by a stream or river

B. a river system

C. the end of a river or stream

D. the bed of a river

32. What impact does fluvial erosion have on the land?

A. no impact

B. it changes the shape of the land

C. land stays the same

D. little to no change in the land

33. What is a fluvial process?

A. erosion

B. transportation of sediments

C. there's no such thing as a fluvial process

D. the interaction of flowing water of rivers and streams

34. Sediments are always floating.

A. True B. False

35.When water erodes land and leaves material brought from some where else its called?

A. fluvial landscape

B. fluvial deposits

C. fluvial process

D. fluvial erosion

36. What percentage of fresh water on Earth is stored as ice?

A. 23% B.

56%

C. 77%

D. 92%

E. 47%

37. Glaciers behave as a plastic that flows most quickly in the core of the system

. A. True

B. False

38. At one point during Earth history, the oceans were frozen to a depth of nearly a half-mile.

A. True

B. False

39. What is the name of the process that causes the earth to compress under the weight of massive ice sheets?

A. glacial compression

B. continental pressure

C. isostatic depression

D. eustatic rebound

40. Approximately what percentage of freshly fallen snow is air?

A. 90%

B. 80%

C. 50%

D. 25%

E. 5%

44. The three factors involved in the formation of waves are wind strength, wind duration, and fetch.

A. True B. False

45. What is the most dominant factor in shaping a coastline?

A. waves

B. wind

C. tides

D. vegetation

E. precipitation

46. What is the most familiar coastal depositional feature?

A. a foredune

B. a backdune

C. a spit

D. a seastack

E. a beach

48.A common process that occurs when a shoreline retreats as a result of erosion is termed

: A. Progradation

B. Feature Removal

C. Retrogradation

D. Beach Drift

E. Depositional Transfer

Explanation / Answer

28) B

all the material which is eroded and transported by stream is laid in a place where stream energy is minimum. this process is called deposition . and the material which are deposited by streams are called alluvium or alluvial deposits.

31) A

32) B

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