Vocabulary
What is weathering?
The breaking of rock into smaller particles.
Calcium in water attaching to a stalactite.
Deposition
large deposits of wind blown sand.
Sand Dune
Mudslide
A fast change to Earth's surface.
Name a landform created by ice over a long period of time?
Valley
What is erosion?
The movement of sediment.
Rushing water in a river causes rough rocks to become smooth.
Water flowing underground and carrying away minerals?
A cave
A volcanic eruption.
Fast change to Earth's surface.
What are the three main forces which cause weathering, erosion, and deposition?
Water, Wind, Ice
What is sediment?
Smaller particles of rock.
A landform being formed by wind-blown sand.
A glaciers carving a v-shape area in mountain.
Valley
An earthquake
A fast change to Earth's surface.
What is a stalagmite?
A cave formation on the ground.
What is deposition?
The settling or depositing of sediment.
Heavy rains washing the soil from a flower bed into the street.
Sediment from a river deposits at mouth of the ocean.
Delta
The creation of a mushroom rock.
Slow change to Earth's surface.
What is freeze-thaw action?
When water freezes and thaws many times and breaks rock.
What is a stalactite?
A cave formation that hangs from the ceiling of the cave.
A Glacier settles a boulder into a new place in a valley.
Deposition
Moving water over time carves deep walls.
Canyon
Delta
Slow change to Earth's surface.
What would cause a sand dune to move from one location to another over time?
Wind