Weathering
Erosion
Mass Movements
Worksheet questions
Extra Credit
100
When a rock is weathered chemically
What is Chemical Weathering?
100
The transport of broken down materials
What is Erosion
100
The force behind all mass movements
What is gravity?
100
This is rocks, sand, and soil carried by water.
What is sediment?
100
The slowest mass movement
What are creeps?
200
Ice sculpting is an example of this type of weathering.
What is Physical Weathering?
200
Rocks are blown to different locations. Mostly occurs in deserts, creating sand dunes.
What is Wind Erosion?
200
when parts of rock move slowly downhill, causing stuff like fences and tombstones to lean downhill.
What are creeps
200
This is one area formed by a glaciers effect on a landscape.
What is Yosemite Valley?
200
Ice wedging, Plant action, and Abrasion are a form of this type of weathering?
What is Physical Weathering?
300
These are all examples of Physical Weathering.
What are Ice wedging, Plant Action, Abrasion?
300
Rocks are carried by_____________. The faster the _____________, the more materials eroded.
What is Water Erosion?
300
Layers of rock that break off from mountains or slopes and roll to the bottom
What is a Rockslide?
300
A moraine is formed by this process.
What is a slow moving glacier scraping the ground?
300
The fastest mudflow speed
What is 160KM/H
400
When a rock is physically broken down but isn't chemically changed
What is Physical Weathering
400
The difference between Weathering and Erosion
What is the transport of materials and the breakdown of materials?
400
Water speeds down a slope, picking up lots of things in its path, such as trees, boulders, soil, etc.
What is a mudflow?
400
Forms when sediment builds up over time.
What is a delta?
400
Rockslides can destroy two things at the bottom of a slope.
What are mountain roads and whole villages?
500
These are all examples of Chemical Weathering.
What are Oxidation, Hydrolysis,Hydration, Carbonic acid action, Lichens, Plant Acids, Acid Rain? (Name at least 3)
500
When a large chunk of ice picks up soil and transports it where it moves?
What are glaciers?
500
When a base of a layer of rock is eroded away, causing the layers of rock above it to fall down like Jenga blocks.
What is a Slump?
500
Forms when a glacier melts in a cirque.
What is a lake?
500
Jim noticed that the cliff of a mountain fell off into the water below it when the base disappeared because of this type of mass movement.
What is a slump?
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