Vocabulary
What is weathering?
Weathering is a process that breaks rock into smaller pieces
How will wind change rock?
a) Wind will blow a rock to a new place
b) Wind will turn rock into a mountain
c) Wind will weather a rock
c) Wind will weather a rock
a _________ occurs when a huge amount of water overflows or soaks an area that is usually dry
a) flood
b) hurricane
c) earthquake
d) volcano
a) flood
How do farms lose their healthy soil?
Healthy soil is blown away by wind
What is erosion?
Erosion is the picking up and moving of rocks, soil, or sand from one place to another
Which actions repeat in the process of weathering by water and ice? Choose all correct answers
a) water gets into cracks
b) water freezes to form ice in the cracks and pushes against them
c) wind blows water to a new place
a) and b)
What changes may be caused by an earthquake? choose all that apply
a) cracks on the Earth's surface
b) shifting (moving) ground
c) swaying buildings
a) and b)
Name one way that water can harm the land
Answer will vary
What is an earthquake?
A sudden shaking of the ground that causes the ground to rise and fall
slow
What covers the surface of the Earth after a volcanic eruption?
Ash, dust, rock and new land
Farmers plant trees and scrubs to block the wind. These are called ____________
Windbreaks
Trees and shrubs block the wind. These trees and shrubs are called _____________.
a) volcano
b) dike
c) windbreak
d) hurricane
c) windbreak
Which can weather rocks? Choose all that apply
a) plant roots
b) wind
c) water
d) ice
all correct
What are some effects of a hurricane?
a) beaches are reshaped
b) farms get buried in ash and dust
c) trees blow over
a) and c)
Why do we put fences on the beach?
To help block some of the wind from being moved
a __________ is a wall by a river or another body of water.
a) erosion
b) dike
c) weathering
d) hurricane
b) dike
How does erosion by wind damage a farm?
It blows away the rich soil used to grow crops
What are the effects of a flood to the earth surface?
a) It can knock down trees and wash away land
b) sand is moved from one place to another
c) The coastline has changed dramatically (huge change)
a) It can knock down trees and wash away land
How can people protect their home from flooding?
They put down sandbags