Rocks and Weathering
Earth's Surface
Mass movement
Vocabulary
Mix-up
100
The two main types of weathering
Physical and Chemical Weathering
100
Shape of the land
Topography
100
The force causing sediment to move downhill
Gravity
100
The process by which bits of broken rock are carried away
Erosion
100
A marble statue exposed to the weather, a few years later details on the statue begin to weather away

A. Oxygen in air

B. Carbonic acid

C. frost wedging

D. Animal Actions

B. Carbonic Acid
200
Breaking down rock through chemical changes
Chemical weathering
200
Highest and lowest parts of an area
Relief
200
The Process that cause movement of sediment downhill
Mass Movement
200
A material full of tiny, connected air spaces that allow water to seep through it
Permeable
200
Granite last a long time when it is used for building in areas where

A. Repeated freezing and thawing is common

B. The climate is mostly cool

C. Animal actions and oxygen

D. The climate is hot and rainy

B. The climate is mostly cool and Dry
300
The 3 step cycle that wears down and builds up Earth's Surface
Deposition, Weathering, Erosion
300
topography of an area includes these 3 things
Elevation, relief, and landforms
300
The 4 types of mass movement
Landslides, Mudflows, slumps, and creep
300
Wearing away of rock by rock particles carried away by water, ice, wind or gravity
Abrasion
300
One major difference between a coastal plain and an interior plain is in

A. Elevation

B. Slope

C. Relief

D. Flatness

A. Elevation
400
The 5 agents of Physical weathering, Provide an example for each
Animal Action: burrowing, Freezing/Thawing: frost wedging, Plant Growth: grow in crack of rock, Release of Pressure: erosion removing material from rock surface, Abrasion: particles carried by wind, water, ice wearing away rock.
400
The name of Florida's Landform Region
Coastal Plains
400
Often results from the freezing and thawing of water in cracked layers of rock beneath the soil
creeps
400
Wedges of ice in rocks widen and deepen in crack
Frost Wedging
400
A stream or river that runs into another stream or river

A.tributary

B. meander

C. turbulent stream

D.gully

A. tributary
500
The 5 agents of chemical weathering, Provide example for each.
Water: dissolving permeable rock, Oxygen:iron combines with oxygen(oxidation), Carbon Dioxide: carbonic acid, Living Organisms: weak acids produced by plant roots, Acid Rain: pollution of air in rain
500
3 Major types of landforms
Plains, Mountains, Plateaus
500
collapsing of slopes
landslides
500
Agents of erosion deposit sediment
Deposition
500
The largest lake in Florida is

A. Lake Everglades

B. Lake Apalachicola

C. Lake Okeechobee

D. Lake Jackson

C. Lake Okeechobee
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