Show:
Erosion
Water
Mass Movement
Vocabulary
Miscelaneous
100
What is the process of breaking down rock into smaller pieces
Weathering
100

Why is Earth called the Blue Planet?

From space, the Earth looks blue because of all the water. 

100
What is a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff
landslide
100
What is a deep valley with steep sides often carved by a river
canyon
100

What is a destructive force?

Destructive forces destroy land:  earthquakes, weathering, erosion, mudslides, landslides...

200
What is the moving of weathered material
Erosion
200
What is a large mass of moving ice
glacier
200
What is a landslide that occurs when loose soil and rock are mixed with water
mudslide
200
What is a ridge of sand created by the wind
dune
200
This is what happens to erosion when the slope of a hill is steep
there is more erosion/ speeds up erosion
300
What is the dropping of sediment into a new location
deposition
300

What are the three categories for water on our Earth?

freshwater, salt water and frozen water

300
What is a natural shape or feature of land
landform
300
What is a large area of flat land elevated high above sea level
plateau
300
What happens to erosion when there is lots of vegetation on a hill?
It slows erosion/ There is less erosion
400
What is a triangular shaped area of land formed by deposition at the mouth of a river
delta
400

Is there more land or water on our planet?

Water!  We have about 75% water and 25% land. 

400
What is the force responsible for mass movement
gravity
400
What is a long depression in the land that usually contains a river
valley
400
This is the type of erosion you would see most in the desert
Wind erosion
500
What is small pieces of weathered rock such as gravel, sand and pebbles
Sediment
500
This is responsible for carving the Grand Canyon
Colorado River
500

What is a constructive force?

Forces that build up new land:  like volcanoes erupting and deltas carrying sediment to make new land. 

500
What is a map that shows land features on Earth
Topographic Map
500
What is a long hill or sediment deposited by a glacier
moraine