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Landforms
Landforms
Landforms
Landforms
Landforms
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features on the surface of the earth
What is a landform?
100
What type of weathering occurs when the rock changes its elements?
What is chemical weathering?
100
What part of the water cycle is shown by rain?
What is precipitation?
100
Run-off collects in streams and rivers. Where do streams and rivers all eventually wind up?
What is oceans?
100
What would is used to describe the slant of a hill?
What is slope?
200
What is one of the two natural forces that rocks to get smaller?
What is weathering or erosion.
200
What type of weathering occurs when rocks are broken down by wind, rain, ice or heat?
What is mechanical weathering?
200
What part of the water cycle is shown by rivers and streams?
What is run-off?
200
What is it called when rivers and streams overflow their banks?
What is flood/flooding?
200
What is formed by water moving in a curved shape along a river?
What is meander?
300
The breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces.
What is weathering?
300
What are the three types of weathering?
What are wind, water, and ice?
300
What type of the water cycle is shown by clouds?
What is condensation?
300
Areas of land where floods often occur.
What are flood plains?
300
A "U" shaped valley is formed by what?
What is a glacier?
400
The moving of rock particles from one place to another.
What is erosion.
400
What type of force is shown by rock slides?
What is gravity?
400
What part of the water cycle has water turning into vapor?
What is evaporation?
400
What is a period of time when precipitation does not occur?
What is drought?
400
A small stream or river that flows into a larger stream or river is called ____.
What is a tributary?
500
What type of weathering occurs when plants break apart rocks?
What is biological weathering?
500
What type of force is shown by sand dunes?
What is wind?
500
How does the water cycle effect landforms?
It causes weathering and erosion.
500
Why are droughts capable of causing landform changes?
It is easier for the wind to pick up particles and move them.
500
What is the area where a river empties into an ocean called?
What is the mouth of the river?