Changes
Weathering/Erosion/Deposition
Soil
Vocabulary
Rivers
100
A landslide is something that changes the earth's surface _________.
What is quickly
100
What is the process that breaks down rocks into smaller pieces called?
What is weathering
100
What are three layers of soil?
What is topsoil, subsoil, bedrock
100
What confines a stream or river
What is bank
100
What is a curve or bend in a river or stream?
What is meander
200
Wind is something that can change the earth's surface _________.
What is slowly
200
What is the dropping of sediments by water, wind, or melting ice onto a solid surface called?
What is deposition
200
What are four parts to soil?
What is air, water, minerals, and organic matter
200
A factor that can change in an experiment
What is variable
200
What is an area at the mouth of a river where water slows and deposits its sediment
What is delta
300
What are some processes that change the earth's surface quickly?
What is landslide, earthquake, tsunami, wildfire, volcanic eruptions, and floods
300
What is the movement of soil and rocks by water, wind, or ice called?
What is erosion
300
As you go deeper in the soil you lose humus and gain ________.
What is minerals
300
What is a natural solid that is made up of minerals
What is rock
300
What is a broad, flat area surrounding a river, where occasional flooding occurs
What is floodplain
400
What are some processes that change the earth's surface slowly
What is plants, temperature change, wind, water, and glaciers
400
What is a cause of weathering?
What is wind, water, temperature change, and plants
400
What is the dark, organic material formed in soil from the decayed remains of plants and animals
What is humus
400
a variable that is changed
What is independent variable
400
What something we can do to reduce erosion in a stream?
What is place rocks, plants, or other barriers on the banks.
500
What are landforms that are created because of these fast or slow changes to the earth's surface?
What is valleys, islands, deltas, sand dunes and beaches
500
What is a cause of erosion and deposition?
What is Water (waves, running water, groundwater), wind, glaciers, and gravity mass movement.
500
What is particles of earth materials such as rock and sand that covers much of the earth's surface?
What is soil/sediment
500
variable that remains the same.
What is constant
500
What are factors that increase erosion in a stream?
What is slope, volume of water, and path or a stream
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