Weathering
Erosion & Deposition
Constructive or Destructive?
W, E, or D?
Surface Features & Changes
100
Define Weathering
What is the breaking down of rock?
100
Define Erosion
What is moving pieces of broken rock?
100
Define Constructive
What are forces that build up?
100
Rocks being made smooth by tumbling across a stream bed; Flood waters wearing down the sides of a river
What is Weathering?
100
When changes to the Earth take place
What is: all of the time?
200
Name the 5 main causes of weathering
What is: wind, water, ice, chemicals, roots, and human activity?
200
Name the 4 main causes of erosion.
What is wind, water, ice, and human activity?
200
Define Destructive
What is forces that tear down?
200
Rain washing away soil from a hillside; Wind blowing sand from one place to another
What is Erosion?
200
Name the 3 properties used to identify surface features.
What is Location, Elevation, and Shape?
300
Name the 2 different types of weathering.
What is mechanical weathering and chemical weathering?
300
Define Deposition
What is a process that drops sediment to form landforms?
300
Is weathering constructive or destructive?
What is destructive?
300
Layers of sediment forming at the bottom of the ocean; Deltas forming at the mouths of rivers; Waves dropping sand on the beach
What is Deposition?
300
Explain why water is important to all living things.
What is: all living things need water to live: for drinking, making food, some use it as their habitat, etc.
400
The name for the smaller pieces of rock that are formed when mechanical weathering breaks down larger rocks
What is sediment?
400
These 3 surface features are formed because of which process: sand dune, delta, and alluvial fan
What is deposition?
400
Is deposition constructive or destructive?
What is constructive?
400
Wind blasting sand at rock and carving out arches; A mudslide flowing down a steep hill
What is Erosion?
400
When two tectonic plates push together and move upward, what surface feature is created?
What is mountains?
500
Explain chemical weathering.
What is: water seeps down into the earth, and dissolves certain minerals in rocks. This causes the rocks to break down into smaller pieces.
500
Name the 3 main technologies used to prevent erosion.
What is dams, levees, and storm drainage systems?
500
Is erosion constructive or destructive?
What is destructive?
500
Water getting into cracks, freezing, and breaking the rocks
What is Weathering?
500
The two forces that are occuring when a river cuts a V-shaped valley
What is weathering and erosion?
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