Fill-In-The Blanks for Deserts and Winds - Chapter 13

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  1. A _________ is a dry wash in a desert. .

  2. A gently -sloping platform of bedrock that is left behind that is left behind as a mountain fron is eroded is called a(n) ____________ . .

  3. The orange brown colors of weathered surfaces in the desert are caused by _______ . .

  4. The transformation of semi-arid regions into deserts is called ________ . .

  5. A wind-shaped rock is a __________ .

  6. The process by which the ground surface is lowered by wind erosion is called ________ . .

  7. Desert pavement forms by ___________ .

  8. White Sands National Monument contains sand dunes made up of ________ . .

  9. _________ is the jumping of grains into the transporting medium and then dropping back. .

  10. Wind speeds of 117 kilometers per hour or more constitute a __________ . .

  11. Without the greenhouse effect, ________ would be stable at surface of the Earth (liquid water or ice).

  12. Energy received by the Earth's surface is radiated back into space as _______ radiation.

  13. __________ is one of the so-called greenhouse gases.

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