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

Wind and _______ can carry sand and small pieces of rock to new locations. 

What is water?

100

The speed at which volcanoes change Earth's surface...

What is quickly or fast?

100

Chemical weathering occurs most in this type of climate.   _________ and ____________.

warm and humid

100

Small pieces that break off of rocks.

What is sediments?

200

What makes a V shaped Valley?

What is a river?

200

When rainwater seeps into cracks in rocks and __________, it expands and causes the rock to split apart.

What is freezes?

200

The speed at which weathering changes Earth's surface...

What is slowly?

200

The difference between erosion and deposition is: 

Erosion moves or transports the rock. Deposition drops the rock.

200

The remains of a bend in a river that has been cut off from the main channel.

What is an oxbow lake?

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

Weathering over long periods of time breaks rock into ____________ pieces. 

smaller

300

The speed and depth of moving water on the outside bend of a river.

Speed: fast

Depth: Deep

300

Particles that undergo weathering become  ________ or ________.

Smaller or Rounder

300

A growing pile of deposited sediment at the bottom (mouth) of a river.

What is a delta?

400

An area that brings rainfall to a common body of water

What is a watershed?

400

Fast flowing rivers can pick up and carry rocks ________ distances.

What is long?

400

Water can weather rock by doing this

What is freezing and melting (frost action)?

400

A fast moving river ends the ocean. The deposition on the bottom of the ocean is an example of _______ sorting.

Horizontal

400

A river that makes lots of S-turns is said to...

Meander

500

Rust forms on the chain of your bike. What is this form of chemical weathering called?

Oxidation

500

A large flat area on each side of a river... Hint...great for farming.

What is a flood plain?

500

What is the driving force behind a land slide

Gravity

500

The difference between physical and chemical weathering is:

Physical weathering just breaks things apart and chemical weathering changes the rocks forever.

500

The organic section of the soil is called...

Humus (top layer)

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