Weathering
Mass Movements
Surface Water
Ground Water
Rocks
100
The breaking down of sediment or rocks.
What is Weathering
100
Landslides that occur in mountainous areas with thick accumulations of snow
What is an Avalanche
100
Water that flows down slope on Earth's surface and may enter a stream, river, or lake
What is Runoff
100
The process where precipitation has fallen on land and trickles into the ground becoming ground water is called..
What is Infiltration
100
95% of the Earth's crust made up of these
What is Sedimentary Rocks.
200
What is the moving of weathered rock or sediment?
What is erosion
200
When ice blocks melt they leave behind a depression which is known as
What are Kettles
200
This is the physical and chemical composition of soil that affects it's water holding capacity
What is Soil Composition
200
This well is naturally fed..
What are Artesian Wells
200
These kind of rocks are formed from the cooling of volcanic magma
What is Igneous
300
Name 2 ways rocks can be weathered.
What is water getting into cracks and freezing.What is biological weathering
300
Slides that include segments of bedrock
What are Rock Slides
300
Many of the lakes in Europe and North America are evidence of these
What are Glaciers
300
This process in which groundwater supplies are replenished by rainfall and snowmelt is called..
What is Recharge
300
Heat and Pressure form what kind of rocks?
What is metamorphic
400
2 examples of fast erosion forces.
What is mudslides and earthquakes
400
Saturation of surface , Materials with water , overstepping of slopes , removal of vegetation , and earthquakes .
What are five factors that commonly trigger mass movement ?
400
Ground bordering each side of a stream that keeps the moving water confined
What is a Stream Bank
400
A depression in the ground caused by a collapse of a cave or by the direct dissolution of limestone is called..
What is a Sinkhole
400
Limestone rock, under heat and pressure, can turn into..
What is Marble
500
What is the direction weather typically moves and what symbol means you will have clear, blue, sunny skies?
What is West to East due to Earth's rotation and High Pressure System or (H) brings clear blue sunny skies.
500
Rocks shaped by windblown sediments are known as..
What are Ventifacts
500
This process uses the surrounding water shed to enrich bodies of water with nutrients that stimulate excessive plant growth
What is Eutrophication
500
This form of a drip stone hangs from a caves ceiling like icicles
What is Stalactites
500
Kimberlites, a valuable mineral found in rare, ultra basic rocks are also known as..
What are Diamonds
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