Forces That Change
Moving Water
Erosion
Deposition
Land Slope and Erosion
100
The process of breaking down rock
What is weathering
100
Water on Earth is constantly doing this
What is moving?
100
A long depression in Earth's surface that usually contains a river
What is a valley?
100
The process of adding sand or soil to a new location
What is deposition?
100
The degree of change in elevation over a length of land
What is slope?
200
A rock becomes smoother as sand blows past it
What is abrasion?
200
Rock turns to soil through this process
What is precipitation?
200
Carrying away of loose materials by natural processes
What is erosion?
200
A low, flat piece of land at or near the mouth of a river
What is a delta?
200
The sharp upward slope of land along the plain's inward edge
What is the fall line?
300
Carries away the rock debris caused by weathering
What is erosion?
300
Water vapor cools into a liquid form
What is Condensation?
300
A river or stream that doesn't reach the ocean
What is a tributary?
300
This is a cause of periodic flooding
What is snow melting?
300
Created by huge forces in the Earth over a long period of time
What is mountains?
400
This determines the form of weathering
What is gravity?
400
Water falls to the earth in the form of rain, sleet, snow, or hail
What is precipitation?
400
Looping changes of direction in a river or stream
What is meanders?
400
Flat land near a river formed by depositon during floods
What is a floodplain?
400
Created by volcanoes that have erupted then have later collapsed inward
What is a caldera?
500
Weathering can cause rock to turn into this over time
What is soil?
500
Precipitation that falls to the earth and runs into lakes, streams, and rivers
What is run-off?
500
This type of water will cut deeper into the land
What is fast-moving?
500
This describes the land along a floodplain
What is fertile?
500
The Hawaiin Island chain is an example of these volcanoes
What is a shield volcano?
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