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What is deposition?

The dropping of rocks

TRUE OR FALSE: Hurricanes are bigger than tornadoes

True

What is surface water?

Water found on the surface

What is the breaking down of rocks?

Weathering

What is the dropping of rocks?

Deposition

What is weathering?

The breaking down of rocks

Where does the river end?

River mouth

What is a large region of land made up of ground water, surface water and a drain?

Watershed

What three things make up a watershed?

Ground water, surface water, a drain

TRUE OR FALSE: Hurricanes are stronger than tornadoes

False

The speed water goes through dirt

Permeability

What is the movement of rocks?

Erosion

TRUE OR FALSE: Hurricanes are predictable and tornadoes are unpredictable

TRUE

Give an example of physical weathering.

Ice wedging, water, wind, animals or plants

What do hurricanes need?

Warm water

Where do most tornadoes form?

Tornado alley

What is permeability?

The speed water goes through dirt

Where does the river start?

River source

TRUE OR FALSE: Tornadoes last for weeks and hurricanes last a few hours

FALSE

What ecoregion do we live in?

South Texas Plains

Where the aquifer and dirt meet is the -

Water table

The spaces in between dirt

Porosity

Give an example of chemical weathering.

Acid rain (carbonic acid), rust (oxidation) , caves (carbonation)

What is erosion?

The movement of rocks

What is ground water?

Water found underground

What is porosity?

The spaces in between dirt