W/E/D
The THREE processes that break down rock, carry away sediment, and drop it in a new location.
What are weathering, erosion, and deposition?
This type of weathering occurs when rock is physically broken up.
What is mechanical weathering?
Water can move small pieces of material to a new ____________
What is location?
True or False: Plant roots help to anchor soil and sand dunes in one place
True
Humans change the flow of water by doing this:
What is building dams or diverting rivers?
A form of mechanical weathering; it is the grinding of rock against rock. It can also be wind, water, or ice grinding against rock.
What is abrasion?
This gas mixes with water to create a weak acid that dissolves rock underground.
What is carbon dioxide?
When moving water (i.e. rivers) is flowing fast, it can carry ___________ __________
Eroded material (like rocks, sand, etc.)
True or False: Wind cannot carry particles very far.
False
People change land, and even create land by doing this:
What is landfill?
Moving water creates a RILL that joins other rills to form a GULLY that join to make a STREAM.
Many streams combine to form a t _______________ of a main river.
What is a tributary?
This type of chemical weathering agent forms from mixing rain with the burning of coal, oil, and gas pollution.
What is acid rain?
When the water slows down near the larger bodies of water (i.e. lakes and oceans), it drops the eroded material it's carrying, which builds up on the bottom of the lake or sea. When the tectonic plate pushes this up above the surface of the water, it forms a landform called:
What is a plain?
Particles carried by wind will be deposited when the wind dies down, creating ___________ ___________
What are sand dunes?
People create major erosion issues like landslides by doing this:
What is cutting down trees?
The rate of weathering depends on mineral hardness of the rock, the surface area/permeability of the rock, and the ___________.
What is climate?
Examples of mechanical weathering:
-animal burrowing, frost wedging, release of pressure, abrasion, and _________________.
What is root pry?
If the sedimentary plain gets pushed up even higher, it becomes:
What is a plateau?
If the wind is blowing fast, it can pick up more and bigger particles - even large items like cars, etc. and moving them to a new location. What are these types of winds called?
What are tornadoes, hurricanes, etc.?
People change the surface of the land for these reasons:
What is building homes, growing crops or raising livestock, or extracting minerals?
This is the type of climate where all weathering and erosion occur the fastest.
(especially chemical weathering)
What is a warm, wet/rainy climate?
This feature forms when the level of the sea rises and fills a valley that was once cut by a glacier
What is a Fjord?
Water can carve rock, forming deep landforms
What are valleys
Over time, wind can even carve ________ and erode ___________
What are rocks and mountains?
One of the most extreme types of human-caused erosion is:
What is mountaintop removal mining?