Constructive Forces
Earth Science Vocabulary
Destructive Forces
Weathering
miscellaneous information
100
building up of new landforms
What is a constructive force?
100
A slow moving mass of ice moving over a land mass
What is a Glacier?
100
moving water, wind, rain, volcanoes, glaciers and earthquakes
What is a destructive force?
100
breaking down of rock into smaller pieces
What is weathering?
100
the oldest layer of dirt is located where
What is the bottom?
200
plate movement and volcanoes
What is a constructive force?
200
The moving of sediment from one place to another
What is Erosion?
200
hurricanes, tornadoes, and typhoon
What is a destructive force?
200
thick sheets of ice that slide down a mountain taking sediment with it
What is a glacier?
200
the breaking down of rock into smaller pieces creates what
What is soil?
300
dropping off or settling of sediment in a new location
What is deposition?
300
Rocks broken down into tiny particles by the slow process of weathering
What is sediment?
300
is an important cause of weathering
What is water?
300
the blowing of sediment from one place to another
What is wind?
300
measures mass of an object in grams
What is a balance scale?
400
magma that reaches Earth's surface
What is magma?
400
rocks consisting of sediment, minerals, and organic materials that have been pressed together
What is Sedimentary Rock?
400
slow moving pieces which run into each other
What is an earthquake?
400
the Grand Canyon was created by this
What is water?
400
measures the length of an object in centimeters
What is a metric ruler?
500
the movement of Earth's landforms create this
What are mountains?
500
Mountains, valleys, beaches, rivers, volcanoes, and oceans
What are landforms?
500
a mountain formed by lava and ash
What is a volcano?
500
new islands are created by this constructive force
What is a volcano?
500
measures the heat of absence of heat in an object
What is a thermometer?
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