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Weathering
Erosion
Water Cycle
Rivers, lakes, & Streams
Earthquake
100

The breaking down of rock into smaller pieces by physical or chemical means.

What is weathering?

100
While weathering breaks down rock, erosion _________ sediment from one place to another.
What is moves?
100

 the process where water runs over the surface of earth_____________.

What is Runoff?

100

A river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake.

What is a Tributary?

100

The vibration of Earth produced by the rapid release of energy.



What is an Earthquake?

200
The two kinds of weathering are...
What is mechanical and chemical?
200
What are the five agents of erosion?
What is gravity, wind, running water, waves, and glaciers (ice)?
200

When water changes to a gas

What is Evaporation?

200

A winding curve or bend of a (river) or road.

What is meader?

200

The point within Earth where an earthquake originates.



What is the Focus?

300
______ is what happens when wind blows sand and silt against exposed rock and wears it away.
What is abrasion?
300
A huge sheet of ice that slowly moves over land taking rocks and other sediment with it.
What is a glacier?
300

The process by which gas changes to liquid.

What is condensation?

300

The course or path that water in a stream follows.

What is a stream channel?

300

A small earthquake that follows the main earthquake

What is an aftershock

400

The gradual peeling of layers due to uplift and frost action.

What is Exfoliation?

400
The sudden rapid movement of a large amount of material downslope.
What is a landslide?
400

A process where ice directly converts into water vapors without converting into liquid water.

What is Sublimation?

400

The slope or steepness of a stream channel.

What is Gradient?

400

An instrument that records seismic waves.

What is a Seismograph?

500

In the winter, water gets into the cracks of rock and expands, breaking the rock apart. This is called ____ _____.

What is ice wedging?

500
Every year I visit my grandmother for the holidays and her mailbox is slowly starting to lean. This is caused by...
What is creep?
500

A process similar to evaporation where liquid water is turned into water vapor by  plants.

What is transpiration?

500

The lowest point to which a stream erode (ocean, another river,  lake) ultimately oceans.

What is the Base level?

500

A numerical scale for expressing the magnitude of an earthquake.

What is a Richter Scale?