Introducing Earth

Part of a river that has been cut off

• Tributary

• meander

• glacier

• oxbow lake

Where a river opens into a lake or ocean

• delta

• alluvial fan

• karst

• rill

Which feature typically contains water only during a rainstorm and right after it rains?

• a river

• a gully

• a rill

• a stream

What is a rocky part of the shore that sticks out in the ocean

• split

• rill

• headland

• barrier island

What do you call a mass of rock and soil deposited directly by a glacier

• Till

• loess

• kettle

• slump

Which is part of Earth's hydrosphere

• Granite

• ocean water

• grass

• liquid outer core

What is the relatively soft layer of the upper mantel called

• the crust

• lithosphere

• the core

• asthenosphere

Which part of Earth's system is made up of plants and animals

• Biosphere

• geosphere

• hydrosphere

• atmosphere

Wave erosion causes abrasion by_____

• runoff

• dissolving land

• carrying rocks over land

• bringing sediment and rocks

What is it called when glaciers pick up materials

• erosion

• plucking

• till

• alluvial