Definition
Force
Examples
Random
Fast/slow
100
Erosion
What is a force that moves sediment from one place to another?
100
Wind
What is air in motion.
100
Grand Canyon
What is an example of slow weathering and erosion by a large river?
100
Flood dropping soil
What is an example of slow change to Earth's surface caused by deposition?
100
Avalanche slide
What is fast movement (erosion)?
200
Weathering
What is breaking down of large rock to smaller pieces?
200
Water
What is a force in the water cycle that can cause changes.
200
Flat faced Sphinx
What is an example of weathering and erosion caused by force of wind and sand?
200
Delta
What is an example of a fast change to Earth's surface caused by deposition of sediment?
200
Island
What is slow deposition?
300
Deposition
What is process by which sediments are dropped at a new location?
300
Ice
What is frozen water that can expand and break rock.
300
Hawaiian Islands
What is a slow buildup (deposition) of lava over thousands of years?
300
Round smooth rocks in river
What is a slow weathering of rocks?
400
Force
What is a push or a pull that causes a change.
400
River
What is moving water that can cause weathering and erosion?
400
Mud slide
What is a large movement or erosion of land over a short period of time?
400
V shaped valley
What is an example of a slow change to Earth's surface due to glacier movement?
400
Volcano eruption
What is a fast weathering, erosion and deposition of lava?
500
Chemical weathering
What is a process where chemicals cause rocks to change into different materials and break down.
500
Gravity
What is the force that causes all objects to be pulled towards the center of the Earth?
500
Lava
What is magma as it comes out of the volcano?
500
Horse shoe shaped rock in the desert
What is an example of slow change to the rock by wind and sand?
500
Flood
What is a fast erosion and deposition of sediments?
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