Landforms
Erosion/Deposit
Weathering
Erosion 2
100
A river that pours into another body of water leaves a soil deposit called a _________
What is a delta?
100
This process shapes and wears down earth's surface
What is erosion?
100
The most important agent of chemical weathering
What is water?
100

Ocean waves can cut these long landforms into a shoreline cliff

What is a sea cave

200

This is formed by a mouth of the river where sediment is deposited.

What is a delta

200
Name the 4 agents of erosion
What is water, wind, ice, gravity
200

The process of breaking apart rocks

What is weathering

200

The movement of sand by wind can cause more rock erosion and make this landform.

what is a sand dune

300

This is formed by sand and wind in a dry hot climate.

what is a sand dune

300
The major agent of erosion
What is water
300
The combination of rain, sulfur, and carbon produces this agent of chemical weathering
What is acid rain?
300

The process of dropping of weathered rock by wind or moving water.

What is deposition

400

This is formed by a river that cuts through a mountain, give one example.

what is a canyon  ex: Grand Canyon

400

When glaciers drag rocks across land and make moraines

What is glacier movement

400
This type of weathering physically breaks rock into smaller pieces
What is mechanical weathering
400

The process of moving rocks from one place to another.

What is erosion

500

This is formed by the ocean waves breaking a sea wall or narrow cliff, 

where there is weathering over time.

What is a sea arch

500

This type of climate where a glacier is located, and name the two poles on earth.

What is very cold climate near the South pole and North poles.

500

When plants or trees break apart rock

What is biological weathering

500

The name of materials that are very small pieces of rock such as sand and silt

What is sediment

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