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Rocks
Weathering
Erosion
Underground Landforms
Coastal Landforms
100
How did sedimentary rock get its name?
What is from sediment
100
Surface processes that break down rock are called what?
What is weathering
100
What is the name of the combination of natural processes that wears away surface materials and moves them from one place to another?
What is erosion
100
When water seeps into the ground it becomes __________.
What is groundwater
100
What is the area where the ocean meets the land called?
What is shoreline
200
How does intrusive igneous rock form?
What is magma cools underground
200
When water mixes with carbon dioxide gas in the air or soil, ____ forms.
What is carbonic acid
200
Which type of wind erosion can make pits in rocks?
What is abrasion
200
While hiking through a park with her friends, Anna sees a small stream of water trickling slowly from the side of a hill. What did Anna see?
What is a spring
200
In order for dunes to be protected, what should humans not do to them?
What is walk on them.
300
What name is often used for intrusive igneous rock?
What is grantic
300
What two types of weathering shape Earth’s surface?
What is mechanical and chemical
300
A mountain slope has an increasing number of gullies. What would help prevent gullies from forming?
What is planting vegetation
300
Water can pass through some types of rock and soil. What are these types of rock and soil known as?
What is permeable
300
Travis and his family are vacationing at the beach. Travis notices that even though it is not a windy day, if beach balls are left in the water they tend to travel in one direction along the shoreline. What might explain this?
What is longshore current
400
How is metamorphic rock formed?
What is heat and pressure
400
Chemical weathering is more rapid in a ____ climate.
What is hot and humid
400
Creep and slump are examples of mass movements. What causes mass movements?
What is gravity
400
An area of permeable rock that exists underground is known as a ____________.
What is aquifer
400
Areas of sand that seperates the shoreline from the mainland are called a __________. These areas are sometimes large enough for humans to live and vacation on.
What is a Barrier Island
500
Rocks are foliated or nonfoliated depending on their ____.
What is layers or lack of layers
500
While on a vacation, Miguel notices a reddish spot on an old truck. What might explain this spot?
What is oxidation
500
A groove or small ditch left behind by running water is evidence of which kind of erosion?
What is a rill
500
A ________ is a depression on the surface of the ground that forms when the roof of a cave collapses or when material near the surface dissolves.
What is a sinkhole
500
What three major forces are at work on an ocean shoreline?
What is currents, waves and tides