Earth
What do we call the surface of the Earth?
The Crust
This landform is tall and often has a pointy top covered in snow?
Mountain
What type weathering is frost wedging?
Physical Weathering
What is precipitation? (do not give an example as an answer)
Water falling from the sky.
What type of rock forms from lava?
Igneous
What layer of the Earth does magma form in?
The Mantle
This landform is raised on all sides but has a flat top.
Plateau
What type of weathering is caused by the roots growing into bedrock?
Biological Weathering
What is transpiration?
Evaporation from plants.
What are broken down pieces of rock called?
Sediment
Where is most of the water on Earth stored?
Oceans or Groundwater
Hawaii is a chain of what kind of landform?
Islands (volcanic)
What is erosion?
The movement of sediment down hill.
What does condensation form in the water cycle?
Clouds
Which category of rock is formed from other types of rock plus a lot of heat and pressure?
Metamorphic
Name 3 other places water can be stored (not ocean or groundwater).
lakes, rivers, soil, animals, plants, glacier, and atmosphere.
What national park is the largest canyon in the world?
The Grand Canyon
Where does sediment get deposited?
In flat areas.
Where does percolation happen?
The ground
What type of rock is obsidian and pumice?
Igneous
What is the diference between magma and lava?
Magma is underground, lava is on the surface of the Earth.
What 3 types of forces/weather shape landforms?
Water, wind and ice
How does the amount of precipitation affect the rate of erosion?
An increase in precipitation causes an increase in erosion.
Why does evaporation happen?
Water on Earth gets heated up.
Why doesn't the crust of the Earth weather and erode at the same rate/time?
Some rock is stronger/harder, the amount of precipitation and temperature in the area.