Weathering
Erosion
Destructive Process
Constructive Process
Vocabulary
100
The breaking down of rock into smaller pieces
What is weathering
100
The process of carrying rock, soil and sediment from one location to another
What is erosion
100
Wears earth surface down
What is destructive process
100
(blank) builds earth's surface up
What is constructive process
100
A wide, flat area of land formed when sediment deposited by a river outside it's bank
What is a floodplain
200
Weathering can be caused by what three forces
What is ice, wind, and water
200
Four ways that sediment, rock or soil can be moved
What is gravity, water,wind, and glaciers
200
One type of destructive process is...
What is a volcano, earthquake, landslide
200
What landforms could form as a result of volcanic eruptions?
What are mountains?
200
a flat piece of land made up of sediment deposited by a river near its mouth
What is a delta
300
Mechanical Weathering is...
What is breaking up rock (remember the sand and pebbles)
300
Activities of (blank) can cause erosion by creating holes in the ground
What are animals
300
Strong (blank) can destroy buildings, bridges and roads by cracks in the ground
What are earthquakes
300
the dropping of material by water, wind or water
What is deposition?
300
a ridge of rock and soil deposited when a glacier melts
What is a moraine
400
Where ice forces rock apart over a period of time
What is ice wedging
400
The force that pulls pieces of rock downhill
What is gravity
400
(Blank) can cause destruction by killing trees, animals and plants with lava
What is a volcano
400
(Blank) can build mountains by rocks being pushed up along faults
What are earthquakes
400
a hill of sand deposited by wind
What is a dune
500
(Blanks) roots can cause weathering by pushing rock apart
What are plants
500
(Blank) would not happen without gravity
What is erosion
500
Both volcanoes and earthquakes are destructive, but they can also be....
What is constructive
500
Mountains can be formed by (blank) hardening after a volcano eruption
What is lava
500
a huge sheet of ice that moves slowly over land
What is a glacier
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