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Vocabulary
100
The breaking down of earth's crust.
What is erosion
100
Fast moving water carries ______________sediments
What is More
100

Some rivers are as wide as lakes. When you see one, how can you tell it’s a river, and not a lake?

What is you can check if the water flows. A river has water that flows. 

100

What causes the greatest erosion effect on our beaches?

a. waves

b. gravity

c. wind

d. glaciers

What is a. waves. 

100
a deep hole in the ground formed over a long time by moving water




What is a canyon. 

200

Water that flows over the earth's surface.

What is runoff

200
The process by which pieces of rocks are_________
What is carried away
200

Which way does the river flow? How do you know? (reference mountain/river picture)

A river flows from high to low. It starts in mountains and ends at the ocean.

200

Muddy water being carried away by a fast-moving river is an example of __________.

a. landslide

b. weathering

c. erosion

d. a nice place to swim

What is c. erosion. 

200

very tiny pieces of rock, such as what you often see on the ground at a beach


What is sand. 

300
All streams carry______
What is sediment
300

Imagine a dump truck dumped a big mound of dirt in the park. Will the dirt stay in that mound forever? Why or why not?

The mound of dirt will not stay there forever. It will be carried away by rain. Maybe it will get spread around the land. (OR: Maybe it will get pushed to the ocean by a river.)

300

Which of these played a huge part in creating the Grand Canyon?

a. wind

b. water 

c. earthquakes

d. air

What is b. water. 

300

something that happens again and again and again in a way that can be predicted

What is pattern.

400
The action of __________ has made more changes to the Earth's surface than any other force
What is running water
400

What color will the sand be at this beach? Why do you think that?

The sand will be red because the rocks in the mountain are red. The sand comes from those rocks crashing into each other.

400

Which of these can cause erosion? 

a. water

b. ice 

c. wind

d. all of the above

What is d. all of the above.

400

a high area of land with steep sides

What is mountain. 

500
Streams only move in a ____________ direction.
What is Downhill
500

Fast moving water causes ________________. 

What is more erosion

500

Why is there sand at the beach? Draw a picture and use words. 

There is sand at the beach because a river carries it there. Near mountains, rocks tumble into the river and crash into each other. They break into smaller and smaller pieces. Sand is those tiny pieces of rock.

500

when tiny bits of rock are moved from one place to another


What is erosion.