Landform ID
This is a deep valley with very steep sides. Rivers (weathering and erosion) slowly wears away rock leaving the deep grooves behind.
A Canyon
This type of weathering that breaks rocks into smaller pieces without changing what they are made of.
Physical (or Mechanical) Weathering
What is large, slow-moving mass of ice that erodes the land called?
Glacier
The process that occurs when tree roots find their way into small cracks in a rock, and then grow and break the rock apart is called ________________
Physical Weathering
This is a lowland area between higher lands such as mountains. Over very long periods of time, rivers and glaciers (weathering and erosion) cut a path across the Earth leaving these behind, between mountain peaks.
Valley
This type of weathering that changes the minerals in a rock, like when iron turns to rust.
Chemical Weathering
This agent of erosion that carves valleys and canyons by carrying sediment.
Running water (or rivers)
The primary process by which a river creates a canyon over millions of years.
Erosion
This is a flat area higher than the land around it and is formed when moving water and wind (weathering and erosion) weather a part of a mountain leaving behind some of the rock.
A Plateau
This mechanical process involves water freezing in a crack, expanding, and forcing the rock apart.
Ice Wedging
This agent responsible for polishing rocks (abrasion) and creating sand dunes.
Wind
The process that builds up a beach or a sandbar.
Deposition
This is a flat area on Earth’s surface. It's formed when the rock making up the land is gradually worn away by weathering. This is caused by Wind and water
A Plain
What forms when carbon dioxide (CO₂) in the air mixes with rainwater, dissolving rocks
Acid Rain
This agent that erodes headlands to create sea caves, sea arches, and sea stacks.
Waves
Over time, weathering and erosion will cause a mountain to become this shorter, more rounded landform.
Hill
This is a hollow space underground that was formed when rock is dissolved by chemical weathering
Cavern
This chemical process is when oxygen reacts with minerals, especially iron, to form rust.
Oxidation
This agent of erosion responsible for all forms of "mass movement."
Gravity
This triangular-shaped landform is created by deposition at the mouth of a river.
Delta