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Vocabulary #1
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Weathering
ErosionDeposition
Landforms /Time
100
A thick sheet of ice that slowly moves over parts of the Earth
What is a glacier
100
A river may carve a deep, narrow valley called this
What is a canyon
100
Two processes that break down rocks and move them to another place
What is weathering and erosion
100
Two causes of erosion
What are flowing water and wind
100
A glacier widens and shapens a valley into this shape
What is a U-shape
200
Rocks break down when their MINERALS are CHANGED
What is chemical weathering
200
Rocks break down WITHOUT changing what the rock is made of
What is physical weathering
200
Type of weathering where freezing, thawing, and abrasion occur
What is physical weathering
200
Terrible dust storms in the 1920's resulted in this event
What is the Dust Bowl
200
Flat stretches of land without hills or mountains
What is a plain
300
Weathered rock that is DROPPED off by wind or water during this process
What is deposition
300
Sediments dropped at the mouth of a river form an area of land called this
What is a delta
300
Type of weathering when rock structures are exposed to acid rain
What is chemical weathering
300
Method of farming where crops are planted in rows
What is strip farming
300
When rivers reach flat land, they do this
What is slow down, become wider and develop curves
400
Weathered rock is carried away during this process
What is erosion
400
Natural features on Earth's surface
What are landforms
400
Soil is made of this
What is weathered rock, minerals and humus
400
Method of plowing where the fields are plowed across a slope rather than up and down
What is contour plowing
400
Long, narrow strips of land formed by deposits of sand that run parallel to a coast.
What is a barrier island
500
When wind deposits sand into a hill, it makes this
What is a sand dune
500
Freezing, thawing, plants, winds, and acids are all causes of this
What is weathering
500
Type of physical weathering when rocks peel like layers of an onion
What is exfoliation
500
These things affect erosion
What are soil type, sediment size, and wind and water strength
500
Fast or Slow - how quickly does erosion and weathering processes change landforms
What is Slow