Weathering
The breaking down of rock into smaller pieces
What is weathering
The process of carrying rock, soil and sediment from one location to another
What is erosion
Wears earth surface down
What is destructive process
(blank) builds earth's surface up
What is constructive process
A wide, flat area of land formed when sediment deposited by a river outside it's bank
What is a floodplain
Weathering can be caused by what three forces
What is ice, wind, and water
two ways that sediment, rock or soil can be moved
What is gravity, water,wind, and glaciers must list at least two correct
One type of destructive process is...
What is a volcano, earthquake, landslide
What landforms could form as a result of volcanic eruptions?
What are mountains?
a flat piece of land made up of sediment deposited by a river near its mouth
What is a delta
Loose particles of weathered rock
sediment
Activities of (blank) can cause erosion by creating holes in the ground
What are animals
Strong (blank) can destroy buildings, bridges and roads by cracks in the ground
What are earthquakes
the dropping of material by water, wind or water
What is deposition?
a ridge of rock and soil deposited when a glacier melts
What is a moraine
Where ice forces rock apart over a period of time
What is ice wedging
The force that pulls pieces of rock downhill
What is gravity
(Blank) can cause destruction by killing trees, animals and plants with lava
What is a volcano
(Blank) can build mountains by rocks being pushed up along faults
What are earthquakes
a hill of sand deposited by wind
What is a dune
(Blanks) roots can cause weathering by pushing rock apart
What are plants
(What is one way to control erosion on beaches?
groins, jettys, planting grass
Both volcanoes and earthquakes are destructive, but they can also be....
What is constructive
Mountains can be formed by (blank) hardening after a volcano eruption
What is lava
a huge sheet of ice that moves slowly over land
What is a glacier