EROSION
WEATHERING
GLACIERS
WATER, WAVES & WATERFALLS
GRAB BAG
100
Canyons have been formed by
What is rivers
100
The breaking down and wearing away of rocks is called
What is weathering
100
Valley glaciers are
What is rivers of ice
100
Ocean waves change the
What is the shoreline
100
Yosemite Valley is in
What is California
200
Rocks & soil moved by glaciers & rivers are examples of
What is erosion
200
The weathering of rocks is caused by wind and
What is water
200
Moraines are deposits left by
What are glaciers
200
Some beach sand is formed when ocean waves grind together
What are rocks
200
What world famous waterfall is located on the U.S & Canadian border?
What is Niagara Falls
300
When streams & rivers erode the land, they form
What are valleys & canyons
300
Rocks break apart when water when water freezes within cracks because the molecules
What is expand
300
Today a very large glacier can be found in
What is Antarctica
300
What powerful storms wears away the shoreline of the Gulf Coast each year?
What are hurricanes
300
Which river flows through the Grand Canyon?
What is the Colorado River
400
The Grand Canyon is an example of erosion by
What is a river
400
When water seeps into the cracks of rocks and freezes, the cracks
What is get bigger
400
An example of erosion by a glacier is
What is Yosemite Valley
400
When rivers reach flat land & the water slows down, the rocks and soil in the water
What is they settle to the bottom
400
Some rocks break apart because minerals in them
What is they dissolve
500
Besides water, rivers carry large amounts of
What are soil & rock
500
Lichens on trees is an example of
What is chemical weathering
500
A typical valley glacier creeps slowly forward, about 30 cm per
What is per day
500
The Colorado River has been carving the Grand Canyon for about
What is 8 million years
500
The moving of weathered rocks and soil is called
What is erosion
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