Weathering
This is the process of breaking down rocks into smaller pieces by wind, water, ice, and other natural forces.
Weathering
This is the process that moves weathered rocks and soil from one location to another.
Erosion
This is the process where eroded materials like sand, soil, or rocks are dropped or settled in a new place.
This natural disaster shakes the ground and can cause buildings to fall.
Earthquake
This state in the US was formed by a hot spot building land up from the ocean floor.
Hawaii
This type of weathering happens when rocks break apart without changing what they are made of.
Physical (Mechanical) Weathering
Dredging, or cleaning out the bed of a river or other body of water by scooping out the mud, soil, sand, and depositing it back onto the shoreline, helps reverse the process of what type of erosion.
Beach Erosion
What is a landform that is created by deposition when a river drops mud or sand at the mouth of the river, where it meets the ocean or a lake?
Delta
This fast moving natural disaster carries rocks and mud down a hill after heavy rain.
Landslide
When two tectonic plates push together, a convergent boundary, they can form this large landform.
Mountain
Rainwater mixing with carbon dioxide to form acid that breaks down limestone is an example of what kind of weathering.
Chemical Weathering
This force of nature can cause sand dunes to shift and rocks to wear down over time.
Wind
Over a period of time a lake becomes less deep due to sediment being deposited at the bottom of it. What process is this called?
Deposition
This spinning storm forms over warm ocean waters and can destroy homes with strong winds and flooding.
Hurricane
This hot molten rock material from inside the Earth can push up to create new land. On the outside of the volcano it is known as lava.
Magma
True or False: Plants can cause weathering by growing roots into rocks.
True
This liquid is the most common cause of erosion on Earth.
Water
This flat area is formed when a river floods and leaves behind layers of sediment.
Lava, ash, and gases erupt from this destructive natural force that is shaped like a mountain but has a crater at its peak.
Volcano
These underwater mountain ranges are formed where two tectonic plates pull apart.
Ridges, Mid-ocean Ridge
When water freezes in the cracks of rocks and makes the cracks bigger, it's called this.
Ice Wedging
This frozen form of water can move rocks and soil as it slowly flows downhill and form new landforms known as moraines.
Glacier
This fan shaped deposit forms where a river flows out of a mountain onto flat land.
Alluvial Fan
This huge ocean wave is caused by underwater earthquakes and can flood coastal areas.
Tsunami
This force slowly pushes Earth's crust upward to form high areas like hills and mountains.
Uplift