Landforms & Processes
This is the process where rock is broken down but the pieces stay in place
WEATHERING
This gas and liquid mixture that can carry tiny rock pieces and wear down surfaces is blown by the wind to cause change: name the agent
WIND
The term for melted rock under Earth’s surface is
MAGMA
Cutting down large areas of trees is called ______.
DEFORESTATION
A fan-shaped deposit of sediment that forms where a river slows and enters a larger body of water is called a ______
DELTA
What agent of change freezes into glaciers and causes erosion by scraping rocks?
ICE
Melted rock that flows out of a volcano is called ______.
LAVA
Dirty air, water, or soil caused by people is called ______.
POLLUTION
Tall piles of sand formed by wind are called ______.
DUNES
Name two agents that cause erosion (choose any two)
water, wind, ice, gravity
Rock formed from cooled lava is called ______ rock.
IGNEOUS
What helpful action saves and reuses materials, reducing pollution and waste?
RECYCLING
A huge sheet of moving ice that can shape valleys and carry rocks is called a ______.
GLACIER
When rainwater carries away topsoil from a farm, which agent of erosion is at work?
WATER
The term for when sediment is dropped and builds up is ______.
DEPOSITION
Name one way people might increase erosion (one short phrase).
Removing vegetation / Deforestation / Overfarming
What is the general term for when moving water, wind, ice, or gravity picks up and moves pieces of Earth’s surface?
EROSION
Describe how gravity can act as an agent of erosion
LANDSLIDE (or GRAVITY)
Explain in one sentence how weathering and deposition work together to change a landscape.
Weathering breaks rock into pieces; deposition drops those pieces so new landforms can form.
Suggest one realistic solution (one sentence) to reduce erosion on a hillside where trees were removed.
Plant trees or use mulch to hold soil in place.