Weathering & Erosion
What is Weathering?
What is the physical breaking up of the rocks of Earth's surface into smaller pieces of sand or rock.
List 3 changes of the earth that happen quickly?
What is Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Tsunami, Landslides, Rockslides
Where do most earthquakes happen?
What is along fault lines.
When liquid is inside of a volcano, it's called _______, when it is outside a volcano it is called ______.
What is Magma, then Lava
What is the most common type of Mountain.
What is folded mountains.
How were caves formed?
What is Chemical Weathering.
List 3 things changes of the earth that happen slowly?
What is Weathering, Erosion, Wind, Water, Ice
What is a Mountain, Valley
What causes Volcanoes to erupt
What is the built up of pressure?
All mountains have natural wearing down process of erosion. If mountain building forces are not active, what will happen to the mountain.
What is the land will become flat.
What two forces that formed the Grand Canyon?
What is Weathering and Erosion?
Which type of Erosion moves the most rock on Earth's surface?
Water
Vibrations within the Earth's crust caused by sudden release of energy which resulted from layers moving along a fault line is called
What is an Earthquake
What will be created if there is an volcano under water?
What is an island?
If Erosion is the only force acting on a mountain, what happens to its size?
What is it becomes smaller.
What is Mechanical or Physical Weathering
What causes Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and uplift of the Earth's surface?
What is the movement of Earth's crust.
What is the device that measures Earthquakes?
What is seismograph?
What device monitors a volcano?
What is the lava has less water and it has a bigger explosion?
If a person wanted to slow down the erosion process on a mountain, what can they do?
What is plant trees.
How can water break a rock?
What is water seeps in the crack and it freezes and breaks down the rock. This repeats over and over.
How do volcanoes, earthquakes, and uplift affect the Earth's surface?
What is Mountains and Valleys
What 3 ways does the Earth move in an earthquake
What is Divergent, Convergent, and Transform Slip
Name 3 types of Volcanoes?
What is Shield, Composite, Cindercone?
What makes a V shaped valley and a U shaped valley?
V Shape- River Erosion
U Shape- Glacier Erosion