Landforms
formed by particles of sand that were picked up and deposited by the wind
What is a sand dune?
There are two agents of WED which created the Grand Canyon.
What are weathering and erosion?
Erosion
What is the second step in the formation of sedimentary rock?
Plants must die in a swamp.
What are the first two steps in the formation of coal?
constantly changing shape as the wind continues to blow
What is a sand dune?
I am the reason for cracks happening in rocks when the temperature drops below freezing.
What is ice wedging OR when water freezes and thaws?
Cementation
What is the 5th step in the formation of sedimentary rock?
Deposition of layers & heat & pressure
What are the next two steps in the formation of coal?
formed in the shape of a fan as the sediment is deposited
What is a delta?
When sediment breaks
What is weathering?
Weathering
What is the first step in the formation of sedimentary rock?
Animals have to die in the ocean
What are the first two steps in the formation of oil & natural gas?
Deepening the channel as water flows through me over millions of years.
What is a V shaped valley/canyon?
When sediment is moved to a new location
What is erosion?
Compaction
What is the fourth step in the formation of sedimentary rock?
Heat & pressure and millions of years create the liquid fossil fuel.
What is oil?
created by a large body of ice over millions of years
What is a U shaped valley?
When sediment is dropped off in a new location
What is deposition?
Deposition
What is the third step in the formation of Sedimentary Rock?
I am natural gas.
More heat & pressure added create what gas form of fossil fuels?