Weathering
Erosion
Vocabulary
100

What are 2 types o of weathering? 

chemical and physical weathering

100

What are the three main agents of erosion

Ice, Water, Wind

100
a scientist who studies soils is called a.....

pedologist

200

what is an example of physical weathering?

Weathering from water, wind, ice, or living things.

200

What is an example of wind erosion

Wind blowing sand from a sand dune to another location

200

layers of rock or soil are called the different.....

horizons

300

What is an example of chemical weathering?

acid rain

300

Name a form of mass movement

soil creep, rockslide, avalanche, mudflow, or earth flow

300

weathering that produces loose small materials

sediment

400

What is the correct order of the 3 parts of the erosion cycle?

weathering, erosion, deposition

400

The sediment that a stream carries is called its....

Load

400
What is the difference between stalagmite and stalactite? 

Stalagmites are mighty on the ground, Stalactite are tight to the ceiling. 

500

How does a cave form? What type of rock does a cave need to be in?

Rain falls and erodes some of the soil and rock. Slowly it becomes carbonic acid dissolving the limestone. Over time a large cave will form. 

500

What are some advantages and disadvantages of sediment deposition?

deposition leads to fertilization and it can be destructive when deposited in towns or cities. 

500

What is an example of ice erosion

An example is when a glacier scrapes rock and sediment as it moves  down hill, and leaves it in a different location

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