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Weathering
Erosion
Sun, Earth, Moon
Water Cycle
Ocean currents
100
Rain, sleet or snow that contains high concentrations of acids.
What is acid precipitation
100
A large mass of moving ice
What is a glacier
100
These are caused by moon’s gravitational pull
What are tides
100
The continuous movement of water from ocean to the atmosphere to the land and back.
What is the water cycle
100
The bubbles in the crest of a breaking wave.
What is whitecap
200
The process by which rocks break down as a result of chemical reactions.
What is Chemical Weathering
200
The flow of a mass of mud or rock and soil mixed with a large amount of water.
What is a mudflow
200
When Earth passes between the moon and the sun, this sometimes happens
What is Lunar eclipse
200
The process in which material is laid down
What is deposition
200
A water current that travels near and parallel to the shoreline
What is a long shore current
300
The layer of rock beneath soil
What is Bedrock
300
An area of the shoreline made up of material deposited by waves.
What is a beach
300
Equal hours of daylight and darkness, first day of fall or spring
What is an equinox
300
The path that a stream follows
What is a channel
300
A change in the water of the Pacific Ocean that produces a warm current.
What is El Niño
400
The grinding and wearing away of rock surfaces through the mechanical action of other rock or sand particles
What is abrasion
400
A glacial deposit that has been sorted and layered by the action of steams and meltwater.
What is Stratified drift
400
An elongated, closed curve; the shape of planetary orbits
What is ellipse
400
The boundary between drainage areas that have streams that flow in opposite directions
What is a divide
400
A tide of increased range that occurs two times a month, at new and full moons.
What is a spring tide
500
The process by which softer less weather resistant rock wear away and leave harder more weather resistant rock behind.
What is differentiated weathering
500
The slow downhill movement of weathered rock material
What is a creep
500
1st day of summer or winter
What is Solstice
500
The fan shaped mass of material deposited at the mouth of a river or stream.
What is a delta
500
The movement of deep, cold, nutrient rich water to the surface.
What is an upwelling