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River System, Erosion and Deposition Review Game
Question slide goes up Group collaboration time (Be careful, you don’t
want the group next to you to hear you) Group response written on the board, face
down On signal, all groups hold up answer boards Die is rolled Answer slide is shown If winning group is correct, points are added All other groups receive $50 if they answered
correctly
The rules…
What is the name for the rills, gullies, and
streams that feed into a river?
$150
tributaries
What are three names for the land area that provides water to a
river system?
$300
watershed, river basin, drainage basin
The wearing away or breaking down of rocks
and sediment by mechanical or chemical
means is _______________.
$150
weathering
Oxidation, hydrolysis, and carbonic acids are
examples of __________________.
$200
chemical weathering
Photo BonusEvery group that answers correctly will get
the points!
What type of chemical weathering is this an example of?
$500
oxidation
The laying down or settling of weathered rock and sediment is __________________.
$150
deposition
Where do earthquakes and volcanoes usually
occur?
$500
at plate boundaries
What are the five agents of erosion and
deposition?
$250
wind, water, waves, glaciers, and gravity
What is the crust and the upper, rigid part of the mantle called?
$200
lithosphere
What is the transportation of
weathered rock and sediment called?
$150
erosion
Rapid Fire!Your group will receive credit for each
correct answer. Time is short, though…
What occurs at convergent plate boundaries (both continental and
oceanic)?
$100
folded mountains, subduction zone, deep-ocean trenches, island
arcs of volcanoes, most destructive earthquakes,
Mariana, compression stress
What agent of erosion and deposition is
responsible for the formation of beaches,
sand dunes, sand bars?
$150
waves
A ___________ forms when a river weathers and erodes its way through cliffs or mountains.
$300
canyon
Earth’s layer that is made of solid nickel
and iron?
$150
inner core
The layer of Earth responsible for Earth’s
magnetic field ______________
$150
inner core
Photo Bonus!
What agent caused this erosion and deposition?
$300
gravity
What agent of erosion and deposition was
responsible for the Dust Bowl in the 1930s?
$150
wind
What are two synonyms for gravity erosion? You
must have both…
$200
mass movement and mass wasting
Rapid Fire!Your group will receive credit for each
correct answer. Time is short, though…
What are examples of mass wasting?
$100 each
slump, creep, lahar, landslide, mudflow,
earthflow
What is the land area that has a higher
elevation and separates two adjacent river
basins?
$150
divide
What soil horizon is rich in humus?
$150
topsoil
Photo bonus!
What type of mechanical weathering provides evidence of glacial erosion?
$250
abrasion
The formation at the mouth of a river that is created when the river
deposits its load ________________
$300
delta
What type of chemical weathering creates
caverns?
$300
carbonic acid (or dissolution)
The point at which an earthquake occurs and
energy is released?
$200
focus
Rapid Fire!
What occurs at divergent plate
boundaries (both oceanic and continental)?
$100 each
seafloor spreading, mid-ocean ridge, rift valley, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Great Rift Valley in Africa,
tension stress
The term that describes all surface water that flows in a river basin
_______________
$300
runoff
What are the three types of seismic
waves? You must name all three…
$300
P-waves (pressure), S-waves (shearing), and Surface waves
Name the five main soil horizons in order, beginning
at the surface. Give the letter and the title of each horizon.
$500
O–OrganicA-TopsoilB-SubsoilC-Partially weathered bedrock R-Bedrock
What happens to the density, pressure, and
temperature of Earth as depth increases?
$200
all increase
What weathering agent can be cause both
mechanical and chemical weathering?
$200
biological: plants and animals
What layer of the mantle has convection
currents and is responsible for plate
movement?
$150
asthenosphere
What 3 types of evidence support Wegener’s theory of continental drift? Types, not specifics…
$300
fossil, geologic, and climate