STREAM TABLE

6. What came first, the Colorado Plateau, the Colorado River, or the Grand Canyon?
7. The particles of earth material that are carried along by moving water; sediments settle out when the water slows or stops moving.
10. A ______ is forming where the water flows off the sand cliff.
12. The Colorado rivers flows ___________ all the way to Arizona.
13. ________ represented the Colorado River.
14. Where is the material eroded by the Colorado River deposited today?
15. _____ and clay represented the plateau rock.
16. The process of erosion by _____ or water is how earth materials are eroded in the Grand Canyon.
17. The water flowing into the basin is milky white and very _________.
18. Our stream table layers weren’t made of solid _____.
19. The different rates at which layers of weather earth materials are carried away by water, wind or ice.

1. The ________ particles are deposited on the flat part of the tray.
2. The removal and transportation of loose earth materials.
3. Faster water produces ______ erosion.
4. Smaller particles are carried ________ downstream.
5. The settling out of eroded earth material, usually in a basin.
8. The _______ particles are deposited near where the water flows off the sand cliff.
9. The different rates at which layers of weather earth materials are carried away by water, wind or ice.
11. Where do you think the material that was eroded by the Colorado River was deposited in the past?