Weathering, Erosion, Deposition and Relative Age

The material deposited directly by a glacier. It is deposited as the glacier melts and drops its load of rock debris.

• till

• stratified drift

• moraines

• alluvial fan

Rain washing away soil from a hillside

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

Which side of Holland Hill is the steepest?

• North
• South
• East 
• West

A thick ice mass that moves slowly over the land surface.

• glacial trough

• ice sheet

• ice age

• glacier

Valleys created by downcutting streams are ___- shaped

• W
• U
• V
• Y

Erosion is most likely greatest at locations

• A and B

• B and C

• C and D

• D and A

According to the law of superposition, the oldest fossils are found 

• At the top of the rock layers
• Near the bottom of the rock layers
• In the middle of the rock layers
• Somewhat near the surface

_{Which rock layer in the diagram seems to be the oldest?}

• F
• E
• B
• A

The distance between contour lines is called...

• Contour interval

• Contour line

• Colors

• Mountains

A loop like bend in the course of a river.

• meander
• oxbow lake
• alluvial fan
• delta