The force of moving water

Slope,volume of flow and streambed shape.

A river's power to erode depends on.

Potential

Energy that is stored for later use

Friction

Force that opposes the motion of one surface across another

Most sediment washes the mass movement and runoff

In what ways can sediment enter a river?

Turbulence

Movement of water every which way instead of downstream

Energy

The ability to do work

Load

The amount of sediment that a river carries

Abrasion

The wearing away of rock by a grinding action

True

True or false? Kinetic energy is the energy an object has due to its motion

True

True or false? Sediment in a river abrades the stream bed and is abraded by the stream bed in return

True

True or false? When a river slows down and deposits its sediment load, smaller particles of sediment are deposited first.

True

True or false? Where a river flows in a straight line, the water flows faster along the river's sides than near its center

Flow

Volume of water that moves past a point on a river in a given time