Water Erosion

How does a flood help a farmer?

• Crops can be ruined.
• Rivers spill over the banks.
• Rich soil is left on the floodplain.
• Fish may die from the dirt in the water.

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Stored energy.

• Potential Energy
• Kinetic Energy

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The energy of motion.

• Potential Energy
• Kinetic Energy

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Potential energy is related to 

• position or height of an object
• speed of an object

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Water flowing downslope along Earth's surface is called ___.

• water fall

• runoff

• water shed

• stream

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running water is an agent of ________, carrying sediments in streams and rivers and depositing them downstream.

• erosion

• force

• gravity

• elevation

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A stream’s __________ is the material the stream carries.

• load

• bed

• carrying

• discharge

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water moving in a tiny groove in soil after a rainstorm

• gully

• rills

• stream

• tributary

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a stream flowing into a larger river.

• gully

• stream

• tributary

• rills

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water that moves on earths surface when it rains is called,

• gully

• stream

• runoff

• rills

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