Weathering
Erosion
Landforms
Vocabulary
Key Points
100

A process that breaks tiny pieces of rock over a long period of time is called ________.

What is weathering?

100

When rock, soil, or sand is moved from one place to another it's called ______.

What is erosion?

100

A feature of Earth’s surface, such as a mountain, a cliff, or a valley is called a _______. 

What is a landform?
100

A scientist who studies the solid part of Earth is called a ______. 

Who is a geologist?

100

Even though rock is hard, it can change ________.

What is shape?

200

Sometimes weathering can be hard to notice because it takes...

What is a long time?

200

Erosion carries away ______ pieces of rock.

What is weathered?

200

A landform is made out of ______. 

What are rocks?
200

To make a picture in your mind using information from different sources is called _______.

What is visualize?

200

Water hitting a landform causes _______ pieces of the landform to break off.

What is tiny?

300

Weathering is usually a _____ process. 

What is slow?

300

BONUS POINTS!!! Show everyone the Weathering and Erosion Dance! :)

Weathering BREAKS it, Erosion TAKES it!

300

To observe landforms in the classroom, we created _____. 

What are models?

300

A feature of Earth’s surface, such as a mountain, a cliff, or a valley is called a _________. 

What is a landform?

300

The _________ of a landform changes when water causes pieces of rock to break of

What is shape and size?

400

Weathering can be caused by _________. 

What is wind, water, or ice?

400

Erosion can be caused by ______.

What are wind, water, or ice.

400

Scientists use _______ to explain how the cliff looked a long time ago, now, and in a million years. 

What are diagrams?

400

When rock, soil, or sand is moved from one place to another is the process of ________. 

Erosion

400

Many small changes that are hard to notice can _______ to a _______ change that is easy to notice.

What is adding up to a bigger change?

500

The nearby cliff changed overnight because the loose material made the landform ______ quickly.

What is weather/break?

500

The nearby cliff changed after it was weathered and the tiny pieces were ______ away. 

What is eroded?

500

Landforms can be changed by ________ and _______. 

What are weathering and erosion?

500

A process that breaks tiny pieces of rock over a long period of time is called ________.

What is weathering?

500

Wind and water can erode a landform _______ if the landform is made of loose materials, that is why you can notice a change overnight.

What is quickly?

M
e
n
u