Constructive Process
Destructive Process
Controlling Process
Earthquake and Volcano
Miscellaneous
100
A deposit of sediment that builds up at a river’s mouth.
What is Delta?
100
Erosion by Water
100
Beaches that have eroded
are reclaimed through
What is Beach Nourishment?
100
An earthquake is caused by a __________ in the rock that makes up Earth’s crust.
What is a break?
100
What is weathering?
200
What is a Sand Dune?
200
The breaking down of rock at or near the Earth’s
surface is called:
What is weathering?
200
What is Contour Plowing?
200
Are earthquakes and volcanoes constructive processes or destructive processes?
What are they are BOTH constructive
and destructive?
200
An earthquake happens along a
What is a fault?
300
Sand, soil, and rocks
What is sediment?
300
The movement of weathered rock from place to place
What is Erosion?
300
What is the purpose of a groin?
a. To strengthen dams b. To stop beach erosion
c. To create new sediment on shorelines d. To break down headlands
What is to stop beach erosion?
300
What is the hot liquid inside of a volcano called?
What is it called when it reaches the Earth’s surface?
What is Magma?
What is Lava?
300
What is a groin?
400
Name a landform that is created
by glaciers.
What are Moraines?
400
What pulls pieces of rock downhill
to create a landslide?
What is Gravity?
400
What is built to hold back floodwaters at
times of heavy rainfall?
400
Devices called ______________
can detect vibrations during an earthquake.
What is Seismographs?
400
This storm drain prevents streets from flooding when it rains.
500
Explain how a glacier is both
a constructive and destructive process
Glaciers destruct the Earth by carving into canyons. Glaciers construct the Earth by dropping off sediment in various places.
500
What is Erosion by ocean waves/water?
500
What is seawalls absorb the pounding of waves and
protects the coast behind it?
500
Explain how earthquakes are constructive processes
What are earthquakes are constructive processes
because they can build land along fault lines or raise
mountain ranges?
500
Name the three layers of the Earth
What is Crust, Mantle, Core