Formations
This is a very tall landform.
What is a mountain?
This liquid can break apart rocks.
What is water?
When lava comes out of the earth, it comes out of this.
What is a volcano?
This is how long weathering takes- a long time or a short time.
What is "a long time?"
This is the most powerful force on earth.
What is water?
Michigan has 5 lakes. Name 3.
What are Michigan, Superior, Huron, Erie, Ontario?
Besides water, this is another way that earth is moved.
What is wind?
This is when rocks and earth fall down the mountain quickly.
What is a landslide?
Sand is made up of _____.
What is weathered and broken down rocks?
Rocks that have been weathered are very ________
What is smooth?
You can find many of these in Michigan's Sleeping Bear vacation area!
What are sand dunes?
This is the word that describes when rocks and minerals are moved by wind or water.
What is erosion?
When the earth moves because of tremors in the earth, it is called this.
What is an earthquake?
If you found blue sand on a beach, it probably came from _________.
What is a mountain nearby with blue rocks?
This is a way you could stop the changes that wind makes on sand dune.
What is "build a barrier?" or "plant dune grass" or answers along those lines.
This is how you might describe a bay.
What is an area of water that is blocked on one side by land?
When sugar cubes are melted in water, this is an example of __________
What is weathering?
Volcanoes, earthquakes, and landslides change the earth very ______.
What is quickly?
Rivers start ____________ and end at the ocean.
What is "on a mountain" ?
After a wildfire, a landslide is ____________ likely to happen.
What is more likely?
This is how you know a landform is a peninsula.
What is it has 3 open sides and one blocked (landlocked) side?
This is the word that means "when rocks are broken apart or smoothed by nature."
What is weathering?
This can help prevent landslides and erosion.
What is grass/plant roots, concrete, netting, and so on?
This is why rivers end at the oceans.
What is "because water flows down from the mountain, not up."
If a dump truck left a pile of dirt in a yard, this is what would happen.
What is the dirt would get blown away, washed away, etc.?