Examples of.....
Terms
Terms
Things you don't wanna see
100
Landslide
100
The breakdown of rock into smaller pieces from exposure to wind, water, or biological forces.
Weathering
100
any weathering that's caused by the activities of living organisms.
Biological Weathering
100
A huge spinning storm that forms over warm ocean water; with strong winds and heavy rains.
Hurricane
200
Tornado
200
Process by which weathered rock and soil are moved from one place to another.
Erosion
200
Process when rocks break down chemically, caused by acids and oxygen
Chemical Weathering
200
A destructive, rotating column of air that has very high wind speeds and that may be visible as a funnel-shaped cloud
Tornado
300
Weathering, erosion, deposition and cementation.
_________change
Gradual Change
300
Process in which sediment is laid down in new locations after being eroded away.
Deposition
300
Blows silt against exposed rock, which wears away the rock's surface.
Wind weathering
300
Shaking and vibration at the surface of the lithosphere (top layer or the crust) caused by movement along a fault line of tectonic plates. Scientists use a seismograph to detect the strength.
Earthquake
400
deltas, canyons, & flood plains
Erosion Landforms
400
Changes to Earth that take place in an ecosystem over a short period of time, from moments to weeks.
Catastrophic change
400
breaking down of rock by water in streams, rivers, oceans, rain or ice.
Water weathering
400
the sliding down of a mass of earth or rock from a mountain or cliff
Landside
500
This event __________________katrina was one of the worst natural disasters to hit the United States.
Hurricane
500
A slow change to Earth that occurs over a long period of time.
Gradual change
500
Weathering as ice and rock interact. They leave unique "U" shape marks on Earths crust.
Glacial weathering
500
Earthquake that occurs under ocean may cause......
Tsunami