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Constructive Forces
Destructive Forces
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Weathering, Erosion or Deposition?
100
Forces that build up the surface features of the earth.
Constructive Forces
100
The movement of sediment from one place to another is called....
Erosion
100

Lava flowing into shallow seawater and causing eruptions or explosions

Volcanoes

100

Landforms and bodies of water that cover the Earth's surface...

Surface Features

100

Flood water Pounding against a canyon wall and wearing it down

Weathering

200
Process of dumping sediments, dirt, rocks, and particles in one place
Deposition
200
The breaking down of rock into sediment is called....
Weathering
200

The result of acid rain dissolving underground limestone

Caves

200
Name the three natural processes that cause erosion?
Wind, Water, and Ice.
200

Deltas forming at the mouths of rivers

Deposition

300

These can be both constructive and destructive forces

Volcanic eruptions, sediment deposition or crust deformation 

300

A sudden shaking of the Earth's surface, caused by movement in the earth's crust is called...

Earthquake

300

Materials (like sand and stones) that gets deposited by water, wind or glaciers

Sediments

300

Plant roots growing in sidewalks

Physical weathering

300

A mudslide flowing down a steep hill

Erosion

400

Explain why the Hawaiian islands are a result of constructive AND destructive forces.

Volcanic eruptions destroy existing land forms and when lava is released and hardens it forms new land forms. 

400

When a huge amount of water flows onto a steep slope and results in mud, soil and other sediments sliding into the path (The Panama Canal)

Mudslides

400
Molten rock that flows from a volcano onto Earth's surface...
Lava
400

My bike rusting in my backyard as a result of carbonic acid (air and water)

Chemical Weathering

400

Wind blowing sand from one location to another (The Dust Bowl)

(Wind) Erosion

500
Name the landform that forms from deposition at the mouth of rivers.
Delta
500

Water freezing in a crack and then expanded and causing the crack to widen.

Weathering (Physical)

 

500

A crack in the Earth's crust is called....

A Fault

500
Name the two types of Weathering.
Physical and Chemical
500

The Hawaiian islands are a result of this...

Weathering, Erosion & Deposition