Water Vocabulary Practice

Water, ice, wind, or gravity moves weathered rock or soil?

• deposition

• erosion

• groundwater

• glacier

Sediment is dropped in new places?

• deposition

• erosion

• glaciers

• groundwater

A piece of land that sticks out into the ocean caused by erosion.

• headland

• tributary

• sand dune

• meander

What is the name of the island labeled E in the picture?

• barrier island

• sand dune

• river

• oxbow lake

A place where a river empties into the ocean.

• A) tributary

• B) meander

• C) delta

• D) headland

A small river that flows into a bigger river.

• rill

• meander

• tributary

• delta

A meander cut off from the river?

• oxbow Lake

• tributary

• river

• delta

Which of these made the Grand Canyon?

• wind

• water

• earthquakes

• ice

A large, natural stream of flowing water.

• meander

• barrier island

• oxbow lake

• river

A fan-shaped deposit of sand, gravel, and other sediments.

• tributary

• alluvial fan

• oxbow lake

• headland