Don't forget your beach towel
Disappearing Act
RUN WATER RUN!
Watch out for that WAVE!
Mixed Bag of Tricks
100
Formed by waves pounding rocks and pebbles over and over again...
What is the beach
100
What happens to a mountain top after years of wind erosion?
What is the mountain top becomes smoother and round
100
What is an area at the mouth of river called where sediments are dropped
What is a delta
100
What is the government doing to prevent wave erosion
What is dig up sand from the ocean floor and put it back on the beaches
100
What is the process of dropping sediments in a new place called
What is deposition
200
Ridges of sand that are above or below the water level created by deposited sand from the coastline.
What is a sandbar
200
What can farmers do to element wind erosion
What is plant trees on the edges of fields
200
What are 4 types of moving water
What is rivers, rain, glaciers, and waves
200
What is a narrow strip of sand that extends off a coastline called
What is a split
200
What do we call sand, soil, pieces of rock, and other materials
What are sediments
300
A natural way to prevent wave erosion
What is salt marshes
300
How does wind erosion affect farmers
What is wind erosion blows/erodes topsoil on fields
300
What are 4 ways rain can cause damage
What is flooding, mudslides, loosen and move sediments, and erode fields
300
What do sandbars, inlets, barrier islands, and beaches all have in common?
What is they are all formed by wave erosion
300
What is left when softer sand under harder sand erodes first
What is an arch
400
The direction waves hit coastlines (both answers) and why this is important (be specific)
What is at an angle and not perpendicular. It is important because it creates currents that push sand and make new landforms.
400
What type of changes does erosion cause to the earth?
What is physical changes
400
What forces causes glacier erosion? How does glacier erosion happen?
What is gravity. Gravity pulls glaciers down grinding against rock underneath it
400
How do cliffs on coastlines form?
What is hills on coastlines are eroded by waves and currents
400
What happens to water that freezes in rocks
What is the water expands and causes cracks in the rock
500
Name the three things that control the size and shape of sand dune
What is 1. speed and direction of the wind 2. amount of plants in the area 3. amount of sand available
500
What type of erosion created Chimney Rock
What is wind erosion
500
What do floodplains, deltas, canyons, and valleys all have in common?
What is they are all formed by running water erosion
500
What are three things waves do to coastlines?
What is 1. straighten out coastlines 2. erodes rocks and cliffs that stick out 3. fill in inlets and bays
500
What is the process of wearing away rock using blown sand called?
What is weathering
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