What are Weathering and Erosion
How does Water shape the land?
How do ice and wind shape the land?
100
The movement of rock material from one place to another
What is erosion
100
What does a river deposit in a floodplain? (hint: 3 answers)
What is: sand, silt, and clay.
100
A glacier is a massive river of _________ that pushes slowly over the land. It pushes rocks and soil ahead of it.
What is ice.
200
A large mass of slow-moving ice.
What is a glacier.
200
The dropping of sediment moved by water, wind, and ice.
What is deposition.
200
A single large boulder moved by a glacier and deposited when the glacier melts.
What is an erratic.
300
The slow wearing away of rock into smaller pieces.
What is weathering.
300
A body of water that is partly enclosed by land and has a wide opening.
What is a bay.
300
The long ridge formed by boulders, rocks, and soil carried and deposited by a glacier.
What is a moraine.
400
What are three causes of erosion?
What are: water, wind, and glaciers.
400
A point of land, usually high, that extends out into the water.
What is a headland.
400
A hill or pile of sand that was formed by the wind.
What is a sand dune.
500
True or False: The roots of plants can break apart large rocks.
What is True.
500
Streams join to form small rivers. These flow into large rivers. Together, they form a ______________.
What is a river system.
500
A bowl-shaped hollow, or hole, left by a glacier is called a
What is a cirque.
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