A deposit of sediment that builds up at a river’s mouth.
What is Delta?
What caused this?
Erosion by Water
Beaches that have eroded
are reclaimed through
What is Beach Nourishment?
An earthquake is caused by a __________ in the rock that makes up Earth’s crust.
What is a break?
What caused this?
What is weathering?
What is a Sand Dune?
The breaking down of rock at or near the Earth’s
surface is called:
What is weathering?
What is this called?
What is Contour Plowing?
Are earthquakes and volcanoes constructive processes or destructive processes?
What are they are BOTH constructive
and destructive?
An earthquake happens along a
What is a fault?
Sand, soil, and rocks
What is sediment?
The movement of weathered rock from place to place
What is Erosion?
What is the purpose of a groin?
a. To strengthen dams b. To stop beach erosion
c. To create new sediment on shorelines d. To break down headlands
What is to stop beach erosion?
What is the hot liquid inside of a volcano called?
What is it called when it reaches the Earth’s surface?
What is Magma?
What is Lava?
This is called a
What is a groin?
Name a landform that is created
by glaciers.
What are Moraines?
What pulls pieces of rock downhill
to create a landslide?
What is Gravity?
Explain the purpose of this structure?
What is built to hold back floodwaters at
times of heavy rainfall?
Devices called ______________
can detect vibrations during an earthquake.
What is Seismographs?
What is the purpose of this?
This storm drain prevents streets from flooding when it rains.
Explain how a glacier is both
a constructive and destructive process
Glaciers destruct the Earth by carving into canyons. Glaciers construct the Earth by dropping off sediment in various places.
What type of erosion caused this to happen?
What is Erosion by ocean waves/water?
Explain the purpose of this structure
What is seawalls absorb the pounding of waves and
protects the coast behind it?
Explain how earthquakes are constructive processes
What are earthquakes are constructive processes
because they can build land along fault lines or raise
mountain ranges?
Name the three layers of the Earth
What is Crust, Mantle, Core