Volcanoes
Erosion
Rivers/Flooding
Weathering
Miscellaneous
100
Volcanoes tend to erupt at places where: A. two plates collide. B. two plates rub past each other C. One plate moves under another D. One plate moves away from another
What is "one plate moves under another"?
100
Scientists could do this to protect a sand dune from erosion.
What is "plant grass"?
100
Walls built to hold water back are called.
What is levees?
100
This is an important factor in chemical weathering of rocks. A. Water B. Wind C. Acid Rain D. Ice
What is acid rain?
100
A large mass of flowing ice, called a ______________ can erode the rock and soil beneath it.
What is glacier?
200
A stationary pool of magma that forms below Earth's curst i called a(n) ____________ ____________.
What is hot spot?
200
All of these are causes of erosion, except: A. Gravity B. Wind C. Running Water D. Heat
What is heat?
200
The area next to rivers where flood waters go when the banks can no longer contain the water.
What is flood plain?
200
Sandblasting, temperature changes, and ice expanding in cracks is all types of ____________ _____________.
What is physical weathering?
200
The process by which eroded materials are picked up and left in a different place.
What is deposition?
300
What is lava called before it erupts out of a volcano.
What is magma?
300
Erosion __________ ____________ Earth's landforms.
What is breaks down?
300
Natural _____________ along rivers soak up water and reduce the chance of flooding.
What is wetlands?
300
Chemical weathering involving carbonic acid creates landforms in caves called _____________ and ____________________.
What is stalactites and stalagmites?
300
_________________plays a role in erosion by moving materials down a slope, such as a landslide or mudslide.
What is gravity?
400
Over time volcanoes continue to erupt, until they become extinct. While they are active they ____________ landforms.
What is form/build?
400
Water erosion causes _____________ to form where rivers meet Oceans.
What is deltas?
400
_______________erode rock and soil and wash it downstream.
What is rivers?
400
Rocks can crack through physical weathering caused by ice wedging or from ________ __________.
What is plant roots?
400
__________________ such as those in Lake Superior, can erode cliffs and shores and move sediment along shoreline.
What is waves?
500
Volcanoes are most often found along __________ ____________.
What is plate boundaries?
500
"U" shaped valleys in mountain ranges are caused by erosion from ________________.
What is glaciers?
500
Particles of soil and rock that are carried along in water are called _______________.
What is sediment?
500
The process through which rocks or other materials are broken down.
What is weathering?
500
The hot layer of the Earth where tectonic plates subduct, or move under another plate, and become magma.
What is mantle?
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