Exam 23: Surface Processes

The wearing away of soil and rock and the subsequent downslope movement of the fragments are called

The true edges of the continental landmasses are called the ______________.

A stream's load is divided into three components: ______________ load, suspended load, and bed load.

______________ (how many?) tidal bulges "move" around Earth daily.

A depression on the land surface caused by the collapse of a cavern is called a(n)______________.

Earth's third largest ocean is the ______________ Ocean.

A stream's load is divided into three components: dissolved load, suspended load, and ______________ load.

Which of the following phenomena results from limestone being dissolved by rainwater?

About what percent of Earth's water is fresh water?

A large ice mass that flows on a land surface under the influence of gravity is called a(n) ______________.

The three major types of seawater movement are waves, currents, and ______________.

Subsurface soil that remains permanently frozen is called

About what percent of Earth's surface is covered with water?

The downslope movement of surface materials as a result of gravity and of the agents that cause such movement is called

Large, flat areas of sediments on the ocean basins are called

Hard water is due primarily to dissolved salts of which elements?

The continuous circulation of Earth's water is known as the

A large body of permeable rock or soil through which groundwater moves is called a(n) ______________.

In latitudes where the subsurface layer of soil always remains frozen, the frozen layer is called

A river's suspended load and bed load may accumulate at its mouth and form a(n) ______________.