Erosion
Definition of the word "erosion"
What is the process of rocks breaking down as they move from one location to another.
Ice wedging occur more in this type of climate (temperature)
Cold/Colder
Volcanoes form a pattern around this ocean
What is the Pacific Ocean
Definition of "landslide"
What is a large mass of rocks/earth sliding down a mountain.
In the process of erosion, rock edges become...
What is smoother
Root and ice wedging do this to rocks
What is break them down
The pattern volcanoes form around the ____ Ocean is in this shape.
What is the shape of a ring or horseshoe
Two main causes of landslides
What are rain and slope angle
In the process of erosion, rocks are this size
What is smaller
In warmer locations, this type of wedging will occur
What is root wedging
Volcanoes and this natural disaster have a similar location pattern
What is earthquakes
Current engineering design to prevent/protect from landslides
What is:
- steps
- nets
- bridges
Given more distance to fall, rocks are more/less eroded?
What is more eroded
In colder locations, this type of wedging will occur.
What is ice wedging
Basalt, a rock formed after lava erupts, found in an area where there currently aren't any volcanoes could be evidence of this
What is there used to be a volcano in the area.
Could be argued otherwise
Landslides are considered dangerous because______.
What is in this natural disaster, rocks and boulders can flow and crash into homes, destroying them.
Larger mountains cause rocks that fall to become more/less smooth than smaller mountains.
More
Weathering breaks rocks down into small particles called _______.
Sediment
Someone finds basalt (cooled lava) near their home but there are no volcanoes near by currently. What could have happened?
There is an extinct volcano
What should you check for before camping near a hill/mountain
Steep slope, weather forecast