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Vocabulary
100
The breaking down of rock on Earth's surface into smaller pieces.
What is weathering?
100

Young rivers are straight, narrow and fast moving. True or False

What is True?

100
Volcanoes change Earth's surface...(slowly/quickly)
What is quickly?
100

Describe the difference between weathering and erosion.

Weathering breaks down rocks into sediments, erosion moves sediments from one place to another.

100
Small pieces that break off of rocks.
What is sediments?
200

Mountains, mesas, deltas, valleys, canyons and other surface features of the land.

What are landforms?

200
Weathering over long periods of time breaks rock into ____________ pieces. (larger or smaller)
What is smaller?
200
Weathering changes Earth's surface...(slowly/quickly)
What is slowly?
200

Describe the difference between erosion and deposition.

Erosion is the movement of sediments, deposition is when sediments settle and buildup in an area.

200

A geological process by which sediment and soil build up in an area.

What is deposition?

300
The process by which weathered rock is picked up and moved to a new place.
What is erosion?
300

An ______ river is wide, curvy and slow moving. 

What is old?

300
Erosion can change the shape of the land faster than a volcano can. True or False.
What is False?
300

What is the difference between biological and chemical weathering?

Biological weathering occurs when living things mechanically break down rock, chemical weathering occurs when rock is chemically broken down or dissolved by substances in the environment.

300
A growing pile of deposited sediment at the mouth of a river.
What is a delta?
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