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What's it Made Of?
How it Happens
What Happens? Why?
100
The rocky outer layer of Earth's surface.
What is the crust?
100
This kind of map shows the shape of surface features and their elevations.
What is a topographic map.
100
Earth's crust consists mostly of this.
What is solid rock?
100
A cause of mechanical weathering. It starts with a "M".
What is moving water?
100
This happens when a river slows down.
What is sediment will build up? There will be less flooding which makes the soil less fertile?
200
Rocks break down during this destructive process.
What is weathering.
200
These connect points on a map that have the same elevation.
What are contour lines?
200
This is where you find the continental shelf? Top, middle or bottom?
What is the top?
200
A cause of mechanical weathering. It starts with a "P or A".
What is plant or animal activity?
200
Why a river might slow down.
What is a beaver might build a dam.
300
This forms when agents of mechanical weathering break rocks into smaller pieces.
What is sediment?
300
A flat landform found at a high elevation.
What is a plateau?
300
The continental slope is located here. Bottom, middle, top.
What is the middle?
300
How chemical weathering takes place below earth's surface.
What is water seeps into deep cracks ad dissolves minerals in rock? Acid rain seeps into cracks in rock and dissolves below the surface?
300
How maps help you plan where and what to build.
What is helps you identify a good site to build on?
400
Wind, water, and moving ice move sediments during this process.
What is erosion?
400
Underground caves, steep cliffs, and sand dunes often form near these.
What are coastlines?
400
Where the continental rise is located. Top, middle or bottom?
What is on the bottom?
400
This form of erosion moves sediments more quickly.
What is fast-flowing water ad high-speed winds?
400
The two ways rocks get for down on a cliff.
What are waves pound against and dissolve the rock. Water and winds expose smooth surfaces.
500
The destructive process of breaking things down.
What is deposition?
500
Where salt water is most often found relative to dry land.
What is along shorelines and near beaches?
500
One cause of mechanical weathering. It starts with an "I".
What is ice?
500
Which form of erosion moves sediments more slowly?
What are glaciers?
500
This is why soil becomes wet and changes color and texture after a flood.
What is the sediment is left?