Exam 23: Surface Processes

The measure of a material's capacity to transmit fluids is called the material's ______________.

Isolated,submarine,volcanic mountains are known as

The leveling of the Earth's surface is known as ______________.

______________ water has a high content of calcium,magnesium,and iron salts.

The most important acid involved in chemical weathering is

The three major types of seawater movement are ______________,currents,and tides.

How many tidal bulges "move" around Earth daily?

______________ is the downslope movement of surface materials as a result of gravity and of the agents that cause such movement.

The physical disintegration or fracturing of rock is called ______________.

The process of leveling of the Earth by the wearing away of high places and the transportation to and deposition of sediments at lower levels is called

The wearing away of soil and rock and the subsequent downslope movement of the fragments are called

The three major types of seawater movement are waves,______________,and tides.

An isolated,submarine,volcanic peak on the ocean floor is called,in general,a(n)______________.

By which of the following characterisitcs is a desert defined?

Earth's third largest ocean is the ______________ Ocean.

Earth's second largest ocean is the ______________ Ocean.

At the end and along the sides of a glacier,the sediment deposits may form ridges known as ______________.

A loop-like bend in a river channel is called a

Small glaciers that form along mountains in hollow depressions are called

The upper boundary of the region in which the soil is saturated with water is known as the