Rock Cycle
Rock in a liquid molten form beneath the Earth's surface is called?
Magma
A large natural elevation of the earth's surface rising abruptly from the surrounding level; a large steep hill.
Mountain
True or False: Water is the only way for erosion to occur.
False.
Which erodes faster, harder rocks or softer rocks?
Softer Rocks
A large natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea, a lake, or another such stream.
River
A type of rock formed when magma hardens and cools.
Igneous Rock
A low area of land between hills or mountains, typically with a river or stream flowing through it.
Valley
The action of surface processes that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust, and then transports it to another location where it is deposited.
Erosion
What causes the rate of erosion to increase: high temperatures or low temperatures?
High temperatures
A large underground chamber, typically of natural origin, in a hillside or cliff.
Cave
A type of rock that forms when sediments layer on top of each other and compress and cement together.
Sedimentary Rock
A mountain or hill, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being or have been erupted from the earth's crust.
Volcano
The breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals on Earths surface.
weathering
What causes the rate of erosion to increase, little vegetation or lots of vegetation?
Little vegetation.
A slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles.
Glacier
A type of rock that forms when rock is exposed to high heat and pressure for a long time.
Metamorphic Rock
A barren area of landscape where little to no precipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions are hostile for plant and animal life.
Desert
Name one form of erosion.
Wind, water, coastal, etc
What causes the rate of erosion to increase lots of precipitation, or little precipitation?
Lots of precipitation
A deep gorge, typically one with a river flowing through it.
Canyon
Small pieces of rock, dirt, soil, sand that get carried away by water are called?
Sediments
An area of relatively level high ground. A hill or mountain with a flat top.
Plateau
How are erosion and weathering related?
Weathering breaks down rocks into sediments, which are then moved and carried away by Erosion.
Describe a scenario which would cause erosion to occur the fastest using Vegetation, Temperature, and amount of Precipitation.
Little Vegetation, High Temperature, and Lots of Precipitation.
A cascade of water falling from a height, formed when a river or stream flows over a precipice or steep incline.
Waterfall