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Vocab
Short Answer Questions
Create a claim
comparisons
100

During what time period is beach 1 "stable"

from 6 to 4 years ago

100

What is a longshore current?

a current that runs parallel to the shore

100

How does wind drive erosion on shorelines?

Wind pushes the waves to hit shorelines. The shorelines break down and the waves carry the sediments away

100

Create a claim for beach number 1

Beach 1 has been slowly decreasing over the 10 years

100

what is the difference between gradual and catastrophic change?

gradual is slow, catastrophic is fast

200


What type of weathering causes gravestones to break down over the course of a 100 years?

chemical weathering

200

What is a type of change that happens very quickly and is very noticable?

A catastrophic change

200

How would a beach be gradually formed?

sediments are deposited slowly over time until a landform builds up over time

200

What is reasoning when talking about claim, evidence and reasoning?

reasoning is the connection between the claim and the evidence

200

what is the difference between weathering and erosion

weathering breaks down rocks and erosion carries sediments away

300

What two Earth Systems are causing weathering in this picture?

Lithosphere and Hydrosphere

300

which earth system is all of the water on the planet?

hydrosphere

300

Describe a surface process that breaks down rocks in the desert

various answers - Rocks get heated and cooled very rapidly

300

What claim could you make about this rock on the ground?

The rock was gradually weathered over the course of a year to become more rounded 

300
How would a beach that is stable compare to a beach that is changing?

a stable beach would stay around the same square feet but a beach that is changing would be either growing or shrinking

400

How do surface processes in the mountains help form a beach?

Weathering in the mountains breaks down rocks, erosion carries the sediments to the beach creating a shoreline

400

what is a gradual change?

a change that is very slow, consistent and not very noticable

400

Describe a catastrophic change that could occur on a shoreline

flood, sudden decrease in beach square feet

400

What evidence could you use to make a claim about weathering at this michigan shoreline

Various answers

400

Why would a rock and mountain erode differently?

a rock is much smaller than a mountain so it won't take as long to weather and erode

500

Why do the appalachian mountains look so much different than the rocky mountains?

The rocky mountains are much younger than the appalachain mountains so they haven't been weathered as much

500

what is deposition

it's when sediments stop moving and come to rest , sometimes forming a new landmass or shoreline

500

What is the source of all energy for surface processes?

The sun creates all the energy for the surface processes

500


Use claim, evidence and reasoning to describe how the grand canyon was formed.

Various answers

500

How is physical weathering different than chemical weathering?

Physical weathering comes from  force hitting a rock, chemical weathering comes from a chemical reaction in the rock