Layers of the Earth
Rust that forms on a car left out in the rain is due to this process?
What is chemical weathering.
When a convergent boundary meets, this often occurs, driving one plate below another plate.
What is subduction.
If a tree grows through a rock and continues to grow until it eventually breaks the rock, this type of weathering occurs.
What is mechanical or physical weathering.
Divergent plate boundaries in the middle of the ocean where seafloor spreading occurs.
What is the mid-ocean ridge.
What are the three types of rocks?
What are igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary.
What are the two types of weathering?
Mechanical Weathering and Chemical Weathering
If an animal burrows and makes their own den, this type of weathering occurs.
What is mechanical weathering.
What are the two types of crusts on our Earth?
What is continental crust and oceanic crust.
Sandstone crumbles rather easily. What type of rock is sandstone?
What is sedimentary rock.
The process of freezing and thawing that occurs in the cracks of a rock forcing it to break apart?
What is ice wedging.
This type of weathering is affected by climate.
What is mechanical and chemical weathering.
What is the difference between a constructive force and a destructive force?
Constructive builds up and creates new land while destructive destroys landforms.
What is Mrs. Carroll's favorite saga? Star Wars, The Lord of the Rings, or The Matrix
What is The Lord of the Rings!
What are three things that cause weathering, erosion, and deposition?
What is water, wind, gravity, and/or ice.
What is abrasion?
What is rocks scraping against one another.
Solve this Riddle: Voiceless it cries, Wingless flutters, Toothless bites, Mouthless mutters.
What is Wind...Can you name who said it?