What is this?
The breaking down of rock on Earth's surface into smaller pieces.
What is Weathering
What event is most likely to cause the most damage on the coast of Texas?
What is a hurricane?
The Grand Canyon was formed by erosion from what?
An area underground that holds or transmits water.
What is an Aquifer?
The two types of weathering.
What is Mechanical and Chemical Weathering?
The process in which sediments, soil, and rocks are added to a landform or landmass.
What is Deposition
This event can create a tsunami.
What is an earthquake?
Rock arches found in the desert of Utah are formed from weathering from what?
What is wind?
This part of the river will contain the least amount of pollution.
What is the top?
This type of weathering occurs when roots grow through a rock.
What is Mechanical Weathering?
The process by which weathered rock is picked up and moved to a new place.
What is Erosion?
The sudden movement of rocks and soil down the side of a hill because of gravity and rain.
What is a Land Slide?
Geographical barriers such as mountains and hills can cause a divide between these.
A single identifiable and localized source of water pollution such as wastewater discharge into a stream.
What is Point Source Pollution?
This type of weathering occurs when water pulls minerals from rocks forming stalactites and stalagmites.
Huge sheets of ice that move slowly over land.
What is a Glacier?
This event creates a narrow path of destruction.
What is a tornado?
Wind blowing large amounts of sand will form this.
What is a Sand Dune?
Pollutants introduced into water that does not have a specific source location such as water flowing over a lawn with fertilizer.
Rocks breaking against another rock is an example of this.
What is Mechanical Weathering?
Area of underground rock that holds groundwater.
This is likely to happen during a drought.
What is a wildfire?
This forms when a river deposits sediment where it connects to a larger body of water.
What is a delta?
An area of land where the surface water and groundwater drain to a body of water.
What is a Watershed?
Rocks rusting due to chemical weathering is called this.
What is oxidation?