What's It Mean?
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Landforms
Differences
Vocabulary
100
What is weathering?
The breaking down of rock on Earth's surface into smaller pieces.
100
Wind and water can carry sand and small pieces of rock to new locations. True or False
True
100
What are the two main causes of the movement of sand by water? A. Waves and precipitation B. Gravity and Precipitation C. Currents and Waves D. Currents and Gravity
C
100
The difference between weathering and erosion is: a. weathering causes a quick change in landforms and erosion causes a slow change in landforms. b. weathering breaks rocks into sediments and erosion moves sediment from one place to another.
B
100
What is sediment?
Small pieces that break off of rocks.
200
What are landforms?
Mountains and other surface features of the land.
200
When rainwater seeps into cracks in rocks and __________, it expands and causes the rock to split apart.
freezes
200
What is an area of shoreline made of deposited sediment?
Beach
200
The difference between erosion and deposition is: a. erosion moves sediment from one place to another and deposition is a physical feature on the Earth. b. deposition is the process of dropping , or depositing , sediment in a new location and erosion is the process of moving sediment from one place to another.
B
200
What is a glacier?
Gigantic formations of ice that do not completely melt over the course of a year.
300
What is erosion?
The process by which weathered rock is picked up and moved to a new place.
300
Weathering over long periods of time breaks rock into ____________ pieces. (larger or smaller)
Smaller
300
What agent is the most likely to cause a sand dune to form?
Wind
300
Name a difference between weathering and erosion.
Weathering makes things smaller, and erosion moves it
300
.What is a delta?
A growing pile of deposited sediment at the mouth of a river
400
What are glaciers?
Huge sheets of ice that move slowly over land.
400
Fast flowing rivers can pick up and carry rocks (far/short) distances.
Far
400
What conditions would most likely create a landslide?
Gravity, heavy rains, an earthquake.
400
What is the difference between erosion and deposition.
Erosion is the movement of rocks, deposition is where they are placed.
400
What is abrasion?
The weathering of rocks through friction, one rock hits another and weathers it.
500
What is a landslide?
The sudden movement of rocks and soil down the side of a hill because of gravity and rain.
500
All of the following are forces that change landforms EXCEPT: a. wind b. moving water c. glaciers d. physical features
D
500
What is the main effect glaciers have had on Florida?
They have affected ocean levels, causing waves to affect different areas of the coastline at different times.
500
The difference between physical and chemical weathering is: A. Physical weathering just breaks things apart and chemical weathering changes the rocks forever. B. Physical weathering breaks things apart and chemical weathering burns rocks with chemicals.
A
500
What is a floodplain and why is it good for growing crops?
An area along the side of a river where sediment has been deposited, very fertile because of nutrients in the rock.
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