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Vocabulary
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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...(slowly/quickly)
What is quickly?
100
Describe a convergent boundary

plates move together

100
Small pieces that break off of rocks.
What is sediments?
200
A crack in Earth's crust

Fault

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...(slowly/quickly)
What is slowly?
200
Describe a divergent boundary. 
Plates move apart
200
Mechanical weathering 

Changes the physical features of a rock

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 ____________.

sediments 

300

What are the three basic types of mountins?

fold, fault-block, volcanic

300

Describe a transform boundary. 

Plates slide past each other 

300

Chemical weathering

Changes the chemical makeup of a rock

400
Huge sheets of ice that move slowly over land.
What are glaciers?
400
What are the types of weathering? 

mechanical and chemical

400

What can be caused by an earthquake?

landslide, tsunami, fault zones

400

What type of boundary forms mountains on land? Why do they form mountains?

Convergent because plates are pushing toward each other 

400

Impact crater

giant, circular depression in Earth's surface

500
The sudden movement of rocks and soil down the side of a hill because of gravity and rain.
What is a landslide?
500

What are the types of erosion?

wind, water, glaciers, gravity

500

Give me examples of both chemical weathering and mechanical weathering 

Answers will vary

M- water freezing in a rock

C-minerals dissolving in water

500

Explain the process of seafloor spreading, which type of boundary does this occur at?

Divergent boundary, the seafloor plates slide apart and magma rises and forms a mountain ridge. 

500

Fault zone

a place where multiple fault lines meet