Weathering
What is weathering?
The process of wind, water, temperature breaking down rocks and sediments.
What is erosion?
The movement of weathered sediment.
What is deposition?
Dropping of a sediment in a new location.
What is one cause of weathering? Be specific.
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What is a mountain? Complete sentence, restating question.
A mountain is a landform much higher than surrounding land.
True or false: The two types of weathering are physical and chemical weathering.
TRUE.
True or false: Erosion can occur slowly and quickly, depending on the circumstance.
True!
Is deposition a destructive process or a constructive process? Why?
Constructive. It builds up land.
What is a flood?
A large amount of water covering normally dry land.
What is a plain? Complete sentence, restating the question.
A plain is a wide, flat piece of land.
The changes of the size or shape of rocks by scraping, pounding, grinding, and splitting.
What is an example of erosion?
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What is an example of deposition.
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What are glaciers?
Glaciers are large bodies of ice that mostly remain frozen from year to year.
What landform is flat like a plain but higher than surrounding land? Must be spelled correctly.
Plateau.
What is chemical weathering?
The changes of the chemical makeup or composition of rocks.
Is more force required to move a bigger piece of sediment, or less force?
More force.
Sediment that is deposited in a new area can become _________.
Soil.
How can glaciers cause weathering?
It changes rocks and land by carving and scraping the ground beneath it.
Name a mountain range.
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True or false: Most chemical weathering occur when rocks come into contact with dry land.
If false, make it a correct statement to receive 500 points.
False. It occurs when rocks come into contact with water or moist air.
To cause sediment to move, what must occur?
A force such as a push or pull.
What is soil?
Soil is a mixture of sediment, water, air, and humus.
What is it called when soil and rock on a slope travel slowly but steadily downhill?
A creep.
A small plateau is called a ______________.
Mesa.