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Question 95 Marks
Complete the table:
AgentProcess of erosionProcess of deposition
(1) River
(2) Wind
(3) Sea Waves
(4) Groundwater
(5) Glacier
Answer
AgentProcess of erosionProcess of deposition
(1) Riverattrition, solution, drilling, downcutting, headward erosion, lateral erosiontraction, saltation, suspension
(2) Windabrasion, attrition, deflationtraction, saltation, suspension
(3) Sea Wavesabrasion, attrition, solution, lateral erosiontraction, saltation, suspension
(4) Groundwatersolutionsolution
(5) Glacierplucking, abrasion, downcutting, headward erosion, lateral erosiontraction
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Question 105 Marks
Complete the table:
AgentErosional landformsDeposition landforms
(1) River
(2) Wind
(3) Sea Waves
(4) Groundwater
(5) Glacier
Answer
AgentErosional landformsDeposition landforms
(1) RiverGorges, V-shaped valleys, canyons, waterfalls, potholesAlluvial fans, meanders, flood plains, natural levees, deltas
(2) Winddeflation hollows, ventifacts mushroom rock, yardangSand dunes, loess, barchans
(3) Sea WavesSea cliffs, cave, sea stack, sea arches, wave cut platformBeach, sand bar, lagoon, sand pits
(4) GroundwaterSink holes, cavesStalactite, stalagmites, pillars
(5) GlacierRoche mountonnees, cirque, arete, horn, U-shaped valley, hanging valleyDrumlins, eskers, erratic rock, lateral moraines, end moraines, terminal moraines, medial moraines
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