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