Rocks and Weathering
Exploring Earth's Surface
Mass Movement
100
Process that physically breaks down rock into smaller pieces.
What is physical weathering?
100
The most important factors that determine the rate of weathering.
What are rock type and climate?
100
The main cause of mass movement.
What is Gravity?
200
Chemical weathering
What is the process that breaks down rock through chemical changes?
200
Includes the area's Elevation, Relief, and Landforms.
What is topography?
200
Landslides, mudflows, slump, and creep.
What are different types of mass movement.
300
Animal Actions and Frost Wedging
What are two types of physical weathering?
300
The three main types of landforms.
What is plains, mountains, and plateaus?
300
Landform with low elevation and mostly flat surface.
What is a plain?
400
Acid Rain or Carbon Dioxide
What is an agent of chemical weathering?
400
Elevation
What is the height above sea level?
400
Slow or quick movement of water, soil, and rock.
What is a mudflow?
500
A type of rock that weathers more easily because it allows water to seep through it.
What is permeable?
500
Landform Region
What is an area made up of all one type of landform?
500
Topography
What is the shape of the land?
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