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Vocab
Short Answer Questions
Create a claim
comparisons
100
During what time period is beach 1 "stable"
from 6 to 4 years ago
100
What is a longshore current?
a current that runs parallel to the shore
100
How does wind drive erosion on shorelines?
Wind pushes the waves to hit shorelines. The shorelines break down and the waves carry the sediments away
100
Create a claim for beach number 1
Beach 1 has been slowly decreasing over the 10 years
100
what is the difference between gradual and catastrophic change?
gradual is slow, catastrophic is fast
200
What type of weathering causes gravestones to break down over the course of a 100 years?
chemical weathering
200
What is a type of change that happens very quickly and is very noticable?
A catastrophic change
200
How would a beach be gradually formed?
sediments are deposited slowly over time until a landform builds up over time
200
What is reasoning when talking about claim, evidence and reasoning?
reasoning is the connection between the claim and the evidence
200
what is the difference between weathering and erosion
weathering breaks down rocks and erosion carries sediments away
300
What two Earth Systems are causing weathering in this picture?
Lithosphere and Hydrosphere
300
which earth system is all of the water on the planet?
hydrosphere
300
Describe a surface process that breaks down rocks in the desert
various answers - Rocks get heated and cooled very rapidly
300
What claim could you make about this rock on the ground?
The rock was gradually weathered over the course of a year to become more rounded
300
How would a beach that is stable compare to a beach that is changing?
a stable beach would stay around the same square feet but a beach that is changing would be either growing or shrinking
400
How do surface processes in the mountains help form a beach?
Weathering in the mountains breaks down rocks, erosion carries the sediments to the beach creating a shoreline
400
what is a gradual change?
a change that is very slow, consistent and not very noticable
400
Describe a catastrophic change that could occur on a shoreline
flood, sudden decrease in beach square feet
400
What evidence could you use to make a claim about weathering at this michigan shoreline
Various answers
400
Why would a rock and mountain erode differently?
a rock is much smaller than a mountain so it won't take as long to weather and erode
500
Why do the appalachian mountains look so much different than the rocky mountains?
The rocky mountains are much younger than the appalachain mountains so they haven't been weathered as much
500
what is deposition
it's when sediments stop moving and come to rest , sometimes forming a new landmass or shoreline
500
What is the source of all energy for surface processes?
The sun creates all the energy for the surface processes
500
Use claim, evidence and reasoning to describe how the grand canyon was formed.
Various answers
500
How is physical weathering different than chemical weathering?
Physical weathering comes from force hitting a rock, chemical weathering comes from a chemical reaction in the rock