Earth's Surface
Physical Weathering
Chemical Weathering
Topography
Water Erosion
100
What is the process that breaks down rocks and other substances?
Weathering
100
Rocks that have been cracked or split in layers have undergone what type of weathering?
Physical weathering
100
What is it called when weathering produces new materials as it breaks down rocks?
Chemical weathering
100
What is the height above sea level of a point on the Earth's surface?
Elevation
100
As water moves over the land, it carries particles with it. What is this called?
Runoff
200
What is the process by which bits of broken rocks are carried away?
Erosion
200
What is it called when rocks are wore away by other rocks and carried by wind, water, and gravity?
Abrasion
200
Chemicals in water that can dissolve rocks?
Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide.
200
What is the difference in elevation between the highest and the lower part of an area?
Relief
200
As runoff travels, it forms tiny grooves in the soil. What is this process called?
Rills
300
Where do rocks come from?
Magma
300
What is it called when animals that burrow in the ground and break apart rocks in the soil?
Animal Action
300
What is it called when iron combined with oxygen in the presence of water dissolves rocks?
Oxidation
300
A ______ is a feature of topography, such as a hill, or valley, formed by the processes that shape Earth's surface.
Landform
300
A _____ is a channel along which water is continually flowing down a slope. What is this called?
Stream
400
What is the process of erosion which moves materials?
Sediment
400
What is it called when water freezes in a crack of a rock?
Frost Wedging
400
This is a type of chemical weathering is a weak acid that is formed from carbon dioxide, what is it called?
Carbonic acid
400
A ________ is a landform made up of nearly flat or gently rolling land with low relief.
Plains
400
A _____ is a meander that has been cut off from the river.
Oxbow Lake
500
What is the agents of erosion deposit, or lay down of sediment?
Deposition
500
What is it called when plant roots enter cracks in rocks?
Plant Growth
500
Pollution, sulfur, carbon, and nitrogen compounds mixed with water vapors in the clouds form what kind of acid?
Acid rain
500
A _____ is a group of mountains that are closely related in shape, structure, area, and age.
Mountain range
500
Sediment deposited where a river flows into an ocean or lake builds up a landform is called?
Delta
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