Caves and Caverns
Dripstone icicle-like features hanging from cavern ceilings.
Stalactites
The slowest type of mass movement.
Creep
The type of erosion that deserts and beaches are most susceptible to.
Wind
This phenomena occurs when water gets in rock cracks beneath the glacier, pulling rocks into the ice.
Plucking
The process of determining the order of events in Earth history.
Relative Age Dating
Dripstone features that grow from the cavern floor.
Stalagmites
The fastest type of mass movement.
Type of sand dunes that are also known as crescent dunes because of their shape.
Barchan Dunes
This phenomena occurs when glacial ice/rocks move and act like sandpaper, grinding, scratching, and polishing rocks.
Abrasion
The processes that allow scientists to determine the actual age of rocks and other geological materials.
Absolute Age Dating
Cavern feature that forms when dripstone features from the ceiling and floor connect.
Columns
The sudden movement of loose rock and soil down a slope.
Landslide
Type of sand dunes known to have wavy ridges perpendicular to the wind.
Transverse Dunes
Type of glacial status that occurs when ice accumulation exceeds ice melt.
Advancing
Name one reason why most creatures on earth do not fossilize.
Various answers
Feature formed when the roofs of shallow caverns collapse.
Sinkhole
Type of mass movement where material rotates and slides along a curved surface.
Slump
What planet is known for having some barchan dunes on its surface?
The phenomena that occurs when small pieces of a glacier break off.
Calving
Type of fossil formed when a plant or animal dies and minerals enter the cavity
Cast Fossils
The cavern with the largest chamber.
Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico
Loose moving debris flow of volcanic ash saturated with water.
Lahar
Type of sand dunes most common in coastal deserts that form where vegetation covers the sand.
Parabolic Dunes
Continental glaciers (aka ice sheets) exist on these two continents.
Antarctica and Greenland
Type of fossil formed when a three-dimensional organism sticks out from rock.
True Form Fossil