Constructive Forces
How do constructive forces affect the Earth?
Constructive forces create new landforms like mountains, islands, deltas, and sand dunes.
Break downs land and destroy living organisms with its magma
What is volcano?
Deposition
What is the dropping of sediment or particles by wind, water, or ice?
A ______ is a wall of earth or concrete built along the banks of a waterway.
What is levee?
Sand Dunes
What is a mountain of loose sand created by wind?
What is Constructive Processes?
One that builds up landforms
Rubs against each other to create a powerful movement.
What is tectonic plates?
Weathering
What is the breakdown of rocks into very small particles by gravity by water, wind, and ice.
______ hold back water during heavy rainfall.
What is Dam?
Delta
What is a wetland area that forms as a river slows down, sand and soil settle on the bottom and forms a flat piece of land?
What is a constructive effect of a volcanic eruption?
Formation of new islands
Breaking land apart and destroying trees and/or buildings from a sudden release of energy
What is earthquake?
______________________ rains excess water after storms so less erosion will occur.
What is Storm Drain Management?
Volcano
What is a mountain or hill with an opening on the Earth's crust from where molten lava, rocks, and natural gases come out?
What is the role of tectonic plates in constructive processes?
They create mountains through collision
A crack in the rock of Earth's crust.
What is fault?
Flood Control
__________________ is the process of replacing sand on the beaches.
What is Beach Restoration?
Cliff
What is a mass of rock that rises very high and is almost vertical, or straight up-and-down?
Which process adds new material to the Earth's crust?
Volcanic activity
The process of Earth's crust being squeezed or pushed together.
What is fold?
Design Solution
What is an answer to a problem that is the result of a thought out plan?
______ are wall-like structures that stick out into the oceans
What is Jetties?
Beach
What is a landform along some body of water which particles consist loose sand?