The breaking down of rock on Earth's surface into smaller pieces.
What is weathering?
100
Wind and water can carry sand and small pieces of rock to new locations. True or False
What is True?
100
Volcanoes change Earth's surface...
What is quickly?
100
This is the process of igneous rock becoming magma.
What is melting?
100
Small pieces that break off of rocks.
What is sediment?
200
Mountains and other surface features of the land.
What are landforms?
200
When rainwater seeps into cracks in rocks and __________, it expands and causes the rock to split apart.
What is freezes?
200
Weathering changes Earth's surface...
What is slowly?
200
The name of the process of magma coming out of a volcano and becoming extrusive igneous rock.
What is solidification?
200
Gigantic formations of ice that do not completely melt over the course of a year.
What is a glacier?
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. (larger or smaller)
What is smaller?
300
Erosion can change the shape of the land _____ than a volcano can.
What is quicker?
300
Igneous rock undergoes this process to become sediment.
What is erosion, deposition, and weathering?
300
The "settling down" of sediments to the bottom of lakes, streams, and seas.
What is deposition?
400
Huge sheets of ice that move slowly over land.
What are glaciers?
400
Fast flowing rivers can pick up and carry rocks (far or short) distances.
What is far?
400
Water can weather rock quicker by:
A. eroding soil
B. by freezing and melting
What is freezing and melting?
400
When igneous rock undergoes extreme pressure and heat it becomes what type of rock?
What is metamorphic rock?
400
Soil is subject to ________ when it isn't held together by plant roots.
What is Erosion?
500
The sudden movement of rocks and soil down the side of a hill because of gravity and rain.
What is a landslide?
500
All of the following are forces that change landforms EXCEPT:
a. wind b. moving water c. glaciers c. physical features
What is physical features?
500
Landslides are quick changes to the land. They can be caused by:
A. magma and rain
B. gravity and rain
What is gravity and rain?
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.
What is A?
500
Nonliving, solid material that is formed in nature and made of crystals.