Surface Processes

Soil that contains rock material that does not match the bedrock of an area. Most of New York State's soil.

(a)  

The O horizon of a soil profile contains larger amounts of what soil component than other horizons?

Which block will weather the fastest?

Both gravestones were erected in 1888 in the same area. Why did the limestone gravestone weather faster than the granite gravestone?

The amount of water that flows in a river or stream is known as the streams (a)   .

In in a straight moving river, where is the fastest water velocity?

Which material will settle in a calm body of water first?

(a)   sized sediment is so small it stays suspended in water and does not settle.

Definition:

(a)  

Deposition of sediment at the mouth of a river.

Definition:

(a)  

Fan shaped deposit of sediment on land from an intermittent stream.