Earth Systems
Weathering
Erosion and Deposition
Landforms
Examples
100
This system includes Earth's core, mantle, and crust: continents, ocean floor, mountains, rocks, sand, dust, and metals.
What is the Geosphere?
100
The breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces.
What is weathering?
100
The removing of weathered rock.
What is erosion?
100
A natural feature on Earth's surface.
What is a landform?
100
Name this type of physical weathering.
What is freezing and thawing?
200
This Earth system includes the oceans, lakes, rivers, ground water, glaciers, polar ice cap, rain, and snow.
What is the Hydrosphere?
200
The processes that change the size and shape of rocks without changing them chemically.
What is Physical Weathering?
200
The dropping off of weathered rock at the end of erosion.
What is deposition?
200
A deep, narrow valley with steep sides.
What is a canyon?
200
This limestone cave is an example of what type of weathering?
What is chemical weathering?
300
This system includes Earth's oxygen, nitrogen, water vapor, ozone, and wind.
What is the Atmosphere?
300
The process in which rocks break down due to chemical changes to the minerals.
What is Chemical Weathering?
300
The peeling or scraping away of an outer layer.
What is abrasion?
300
An area of low land between hills or mountains.
What is a valley?
300
Rivers and streams deposit sediments along their banks, or sides. What kind of erosion is this called?
What is deposition?
400
This system includes Earth's plants, animals, humans, insects, and microbes.
What is the Biosphere?
400
A layer of soil that is different from the layers above it and below it.
What is horizon?
400
Small pieces of material normally carried and deposited by water of wind.
What is sediment?
400
An area of land caused by deposition at the mouth, or end, of a river.
What is a delta?
400
What type of erosion is this an example of?
What is wind erosion?
500
All the living and nonliving things that surround an organism.
What is environment?
500
A kind of physical weathering in which layers of rock peel off.
What is exfoliation?
500
A farming method that cuts into the soil across a hillside rather than up and down the hillside.
What is contour plowing?
500
Hill-like deposit of sand left behind by wind erosion.
What is a sand dune?
500
Name this type of land form.
What is a canyon?