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Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
Shore Lines
Preventing Erosion
100
The process through which rocks or other materials are broken down is called what?
Weathering
100
The process through which weathered rock is moved from one place to another is called what?
Erosion
100
The process by which eroded materials are dropped off into another place is called what?
Deposition
100
What things can change a shore line?
-Water -Waves -Wind
100
Something that is used to control the speed or flow of water in a river is called what?
A River Dam
200
The different types of weathering are called what?
Physical weathering & Chemical weathering
200
A large mass of slowly flowing ice is called what?
A Glacier
200
What three things can carry pieces of rock?
-Running wateer -Wind -Waves
200
A place that is easily flooded when river waters rise is called what?
A Floodplain
200
Walls built to hold back water or prevent a flood are called what?
Levees
300
What causes physical weathering?
Temperature changes, pushing, pulling, or rubbing.
300
Name five things that can erode the land.
-Gravity -Glaciers -Running water -Wind -Waves
300
Gentle loops that sometimes form in rivers with slow-moving watrer is called what?
A Meander
300
When water collects on land that is normally dry, it is called what?
A Flood
300
Something that is built to cary away water that would otherwise cause floods is called what?
A Canal or Channel
400
What is chemical weathering?
Chemicals breaking down rocks
400
The movement of a large amount of rock and soil down a slope is called what?
A Landslide
400
Particles of soil and rock that are carried along in water are called what?
Sediment
400
What are large sandbars that stretch for hundreds of kilometers along a coastline?
Barrier Islands
400
Something that is built in the water along beaches to slow erosion is called what?
Barricades
500
The bits of rock wear away the ground at the begining of a glacier, forming a steep bowl shaped hollow called a what?
A Cirque
500
An area of land that has water on three sides is called what?
A Headland
500
How do sand dunes form?
When wind erodes sand and deposits it along the back of the beach.
500
How can people prevent wind from eroding beaches and dunes?
-Put up fences near the dunes -Plant grass on the dunes