The process that breaks down rock and other substances
What is weathering
100
The shape of the land and the height above sea level of a point on earth's surface
What is topography and elevation
100
Gravity
What is the force that pulls everything toward the center of the Earth
100
Wedges of ice in rocks widen and deepen cracks
What is frost wedging
100
Define a plain
A landform made up of nearly flat or gently rolling land with low relief
200
The process of erosion moves this
What is sediment
200
Topography of an area includes
What is elevation, relief, and landforms
200
Mass Movement
What is anyone of several processes that move large amounts of sediment downhill
200
Refers to weathering away of rock by rock particles carried by water, ice, wind, or gravity
What is abrasion
200
A landform with high elevation and high relief
What is a mountain
300
Occurs where the agents of erosion deposit, or lay down, sediment
What is deposition
300
The difference in elevation between the highest and lowest parts of an area
What is relief
300
Landslides, mudslides, slumps, and creep
What is the different types of mass movement
300
Agents of chemical weathering
What is water, oxygen, carbon dioxide, living organisms, and acid rain
300
A group of mountains that are closely related in shape, structure, area, and age (Hint: Rhymes with last word)
What is a mountain range
400
The natural agents of physical weathering
What is freezing and thawing, release of pressure, plant growth, actions of animals, and abrasion
400
Feature of topography formed by the shape of Earth's surface
What is a landform
400
Both occur on gentle slopes
What is creep and mudslides
400
Oxidation
What is iron that combines with oxygen in the presence of water
400
Define plateau
A landform that has high elevation and a more less level surface
500
The type of weathering in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces and the process that breaks down rock through chemical changes
What is physical and chemical weathering
500
Coastal and Interior Plain
What is a plain that lies along the seacoast and a plain that lies away from the seacoast
500
This force causes mass movement
What is gravity
500
A material full of tiny, connected air spaces that allow water to seep through it. DOUBLE POINTS: The most important factors that determine the rate of weathering.
What is permeable. DOUBLE POINTS: The type of rock and the climate.
500
A large area of land where topography is made up of one type of landform. 5 POINT BONUS: Plains, mountains, and plateaus are? And tell the difference between an upland and lowland.
What is a landform region. 5 POINT BONUS: The major types of landforms and that uplands have high elevation and lowlands have low elevation