weathering
Erosion and Deposition
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Vocabulary
You get what you get
100
True or False? The Earth's surface is constantly changing.
What is true?
100
Large sheets of ice called _________ cause erosion as they move.
What are glaciers?
100
A mountain or hill on Earth's crust through which lava, gas, and ash can erupt is called a ______________.
What is volcano?
100
The breaking down of the earth surface is called __________.
What is weathering?
100
Water trapped in cracks of rock then freezing and thawing will cause______________.
What is weathering?
200
___________ are natural features on the Earth's surface.
What are landforms.
200
__________causes the rapid downhill movement of rocks and soil in a landslide
What is gravity?
200
The sudden shaking of the ground caused by the movement of the Earth's crust is called an __________________.
What is an earthquake?
200
The movement of weathered material is called_________.
What is Erosion
200
Acid rain can cause __________ weathering
What is chemical weathering?
300
In __________ weathering, chemicals cause the rock to change into different materials.
What is chemical weathering?
300
An example of ______________ is glaciers dragging rock and soil.
What is erosion?
300
The Earth's crust is divided into ____________.
What are plates?
300
Laying down of eroded materials is called_________.
What is deposition?
300
Living things including people can cause both _________ and _________ weathering.
What is physical and chemical weathering?
400
In___________ weathering, only the size of the rock is changed.
What is physical weathering?
400
Sand dunes may result from ___________ by wind.
What is deposition?
400
True or False? Volcanoes and earthquakes take a long time to change the Earth's surface.
What is false?
400
The rapid downhill movement of rock and soil.
What is a landslide?
400
Plants, animals, and humans are all forms of __________ _________ that can cause weathering.
What are living things?
500
Name 3 causes of weathering
What is wind, water, ice, chemicals, temperature changes, and living things?
500
True or False? To prevent soil erosion, we can grow plants and trees to hold the soil in.
What is true?
500
Earthquakes and volcanoes are alike because they can harm both__________ and _________.
What are people and property?
500
The rapid downhill movement of snow and ice.
What is an avalanche?
500
The earth's surface is constantly changing. Sometimes this happens ___________________ or________________.
What is quickly or over a long period of time?
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