Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
Vocabulary
Review
100
The breaking apart of a rock or substance.
What is weathering
100
When sediment is picked up and carried away.
What is erosion.
100
The dropping off of sediment
What is deposition
100
What is a delta? a. another name for earth b. a place where sunlight hits land c. a place where a river meets an ocean. The mouth of the river where sediment is dropped off. d. a name of a river
What is c. a place where a river meets an ocean. The mouth of the river where sediment is dropped off.
100
What is the basic unit of all living things?
What is a cell
200
What is weathering? A. building up the earth B. rain and snow C. Wearing down the earth D. Dropping off sediment
What is c. wearing down the earth
200
What is erosion? a. the wearing away of the earth's surface by water, wind and glaciers. b. the discovery of prehistoric remains of plants, animals, and climates. c. the formation of mountains when two tectonic plates collide. d. the movement of particles and sediment from one location to another.
What is d. the movement of particles and sediment from one location to another.
200
Give an example of a landform that is formed from deposition
What is delta, moraine, erratic, alluvial fan
200
This is a boulder left behind by a glacier
What is an erratic
200
Which of the following animals is an example of a carnivore? a. squirrel b. owl c. beaver d. deer
What is b. owl
300
What are the three causes of weathering?
What is water, wind, and ice. You could also say temperature.
300
What are the three causes of erosion?
What is water, wind, and ice
300
What are the three causes of deposition
What is water wind and ice
300
A major river that has tributaries or smaller rivers going off of it, but they all come from the same water source.
What is a river system
300
what do herbivores eat?
What is plants
400
Which of the following is an example of weathering? a. mudslides and landslides that take place on steep slopes wash away soil. b. a river cuts a deep canyon into the earth c. a series of volcanic eruptions creates tropical paradise d. water dissolves minerals in rocks and plant roots grow in cracks of boulders.
What is d. water dissolves minerals in rocks and plant roots grow in cracks of boulders.
400
Give an example of erosion happening in nature.
What is river rocks, glaciers, sand storm, mud slide, rock slide etc.
400
This landform is formed at the mouth of a river when sediment is deposited.
What is a delta
400
A ridge of rocks and sediment pushed aside by a glacier
What is a moraine
400
Which phase comes next in the lunar cycle? New Moon Waxing Crescent First Quarter ____________ Full Moon
What is Waxing Gibbous
500
Which is the BEST example of chemical weathering? a. a marble statue that is worn down by acid rain. b. water that freezes and expands, breaking up granite rock c. growing tree roots that break apart cement. d. wind that causes small rocks to collide, wearing them down.
What is a. a marble statue that is worn down by acid rain.
500
How do glaciers contribute to erosion? a. by scraping sediment from the ground beneath them b. by creating strong winds across their surface c. by dissolving compounds from rocks d. by damming rivers and streams
What is a. by scraping sediment from the ground beneath them
500
True or False An example of deposition is when a mudslide carries rocks and mud down a mountain.
What is False
500
A large mass of ice
What is a glacier
500
An adaptation when an animal copies what another plant or animal looks like in order to survive.
What is mimicry
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