The natural process of rocks gradually breaking up and being worn away over time is known as ____________________________________________.
2. Weathering
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10. How were the Hawaiian islands formed?
10. What is by volcanoes?
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15. What human activities could help control water runoff?
15. What are contour plowing, planting crops, building flood control dams, etc.?
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6. Give an example of physical (mechanical) weathering.
6. What is water freezing in a crack in the rock, plant roots breaking a rock, rocks hitting against each other, etc.?
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Why did the South mostly have slaves?
They had large plantations which is how they make money. They had slaves work the plantations so they could make more money.
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2. Which of the following is an example of chemical weathering of rocks? A. acid rain B. ice and snow C. tree roots D. strong winds
2. A. acid rain
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11. An opening in Earth’s crust through which molten lava, ash, and gases are ejected describes a
11. What is a volcano?
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16. A seismograph is a tool used to
16. measure and record details of earthquakes
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7. Beaches and river deltas are created by _____________________.
7. Erosion carrying sediment and deposition dropping sediment in a new location.
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The president of the Confederate states was
Jefferson Davis
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3. Which destructive process most likely created the Grand Canyon?
3. What is water erosion?
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12. The heat released during a volcano eruption comes from
12. What is deep within the Earth?
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17. Building dams and levels help do what?
17. What is control floods?
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8. When deposition forms a river delta, what kind of process is this? Constructive or destructive? Explain.
8. This is a constructive process because the delta is sediment being built up to create the new land.
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Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson and Robert E. Lee both fought for
The Confederacy
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4. The build up of earth material through a slow process over a long period of time is called _________________________________.
4. What is deposition?
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13. The moving portion of Earth’s crust and upper mantle is called a
13. plate
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18. What causes beach erosion?
18. What is waves and wind moving the sand?
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9. Describe how erosion helps form a river delta.
9. Sediment is carried by water to the mouth of a river where the delta is formed. Without water erosion, the delta would not be created through deposition.
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What important event happened at the Appomattox Court House?
General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant.
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5. What are the different types of erosion? (There are 3 to get this answer correct.
5. What is wind, water, and ice?
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14. When energy is being released where crustal plates move this creates
14. What is an earthquake? (a volcano and mountain could also be created with plate movement)
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19. Why would a town build a dam along a river?
19. What is the town could control flooding along the river?