This landform helps protect the mainland from beach erosion
What is a barrier island?
100
This forms as Earth's plates crack or break.
What is a fault?
100
Surface movement of earthquakes, coastal erosion, or volcanic deposition of lava...this is the easiest for humans to control
What is coastal erosion?
100
This is formed when sediment is dropped at the mouth of a river.
What is a delta?
200
Formed by wind, this landform is often found near oceans
What is a sand dune?
200
The eroding of soft rock by groundwater on the side of a mountain or hill
What is a landslide?
200
This process forms most mountains
What is the movement of Earth's plates?
200
Enjoying beaches, saving the habitat of animals, keeping the sand clean...this is not a reason to help prevent erosion
What is keeping the sand clean?
200
A helpful process, like an earthquake forming mountains and lakes, can be called this
What is a constructive process?
300
This area of low, flat land is Georgia's largest region
What is the Coastal Plain region?
300
Falls, swamps, rivers, and canyons....the one most likely to be changed by weathering
What is a canyon?
300
A landform with tall, jagged peaks was probably formed this way
What is crust crumpling and pushing upward caused by plate movement?
300
How strong was it?, When did it happen?, and How long did it last?...these are all things found out through this scientific study of earthquakes.
What is a seismological study?
300
The most likely place to find a delta
What is a river's mouth?
400
The highest point in Georgia
What is Brasstown Bald?
400
Waves crashing into a cliff, a river carrying sediment downstream, sand blowing against a rocky surface, a plant breaking through a crack in a rock...which one is not a form of weathering?
What is a river carrying sediment downstream?
400
When Earth's plates push against each other or pull apart from each other, molten rock forms and this may develop
What is a volcano?
400
One form of flood control that keeps water inside a channel
What is a levee?
400
The magnitude of an earthquake is reported using this