Vocabulary
Miscellaneous
Natural Disasters
Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition
Review
100
The process through which weathered rock is moved from one place to another.
What is Erosion?
100
This is the purpose of a levee.
What is to redirect water in flood zones?
100
A series of huge waves caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption.
What is a Tsunami?
100
The following would have been formed due to strong winds....Meanders, Sandbars or Sand Dunes?
What is Sand Dune?
100
The theory that Earth's crust is composed of several huge slabs of rock that fit together is known as this.
What is Plate Tectonics?
200
The process through which rocks or other materials are broken down.
What is Weathering?
200
What natural force plays a large role in a landslide?
What is gravity?
200
In a desert, which natural force helps create the landform that you see?
What is Wind?
200
Erosion changes mountains over many years by making them _________.
What is shorter?
200
Studying these helps scientists know how plates have moved and changed over time.
What are fossils?
300
Rain that contains harmful chemicals caused by burning fossil fuels and other air pollution is called
What is Acid Rain?
300
These TWO things can help prevent sand dunes from being eroded on beaches.
What is planting grass and putting up fences?
300
True or False.....Flooding brings nutrient rich mud to an area and can completely change the landscape.
What is True?
300
Plant roots growing into cracked rocks would be an example of this.
What is Weathering?
300
This flows out of Earth's surface when a volcano erupts.
What is lava?
400
This term is best described as the depositing or dropping off of particles in a new location.
What is Deposition?
400
The continuous freezing and thawing of water in cracked rocks would cause the rock to do this.
What is break down into smaller pieces?
400
The movement of a large amount of wet soil and rocks down a slope.
What is mudslide?
400
Over time beaches change shape, or erode, due to this main factor.
What are waves?
400
This is known as a stationary pool or magma below Earth's surface.
What is a hot spot?
500
Particles of soil that are carried along in water are called this.
What is Sediment?
500
If the word constructive means to build up then destructive must mean to _________.
What is break down?
500
This natural disaster is what causes Tsunami's
What is an underwater earthquake?
500
A glacier dragging the bottom of the ocean floor is an example of this.
What is erosion?
500

What 3 other natural disasters can earthquakes cause? 

Landslide, volcanoes, tsunami

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