Wind Erosion
What is wind?
What is… the air moving or the movement or air (anything relatively close counts)
How many kinds of river and ocean erosions are there?
What is… 2
South Africa is a continent, true or false?
What is… False
Theory of continental drift was proposed by who?
Who is… Alfred Wegner?
Who is Jerryetta?
What is… The host of the show
What is Abrasion?
What is… the process of scraping off peaces of rock or grains of of sediment of buildings, rock, like a piece of sandpaper
the part where the fastest water hits the side of rivers
What is… erosion
How many oceans are there?
What is… 5 (Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, and Southern Ocean or Antarctic)
These all occur at what boundaries? Mid Ocean Ridge, Rift Valley, New crust, earthquakes
What is… divergent
Who is Jerryetta’s favorite teacher?
What is… Miss Sheets
The process of carrying away loose sediment
What is… deflation
Small channels in the dirt that turn into gullies
What is… rills
How many countries are there?
What is… 197 officially recognized countries in the United States
What is magnetic reversal?
What is… when magnetic poles switch; the reason is unknown
Where does Jerryetta live?
What is… In your walls
When wind slows it drops sediments
What is… wind deposits
sediment builds up, can be many miles wide, farming
What is… Floodplains
What is the largest desert?
What is… Antarctica (technically a desert)
What is the theory of continental drift?
What is…
all continents were once joined and moved or drifted apart
How does Jerryetta get to school?
What is… this answer has no wrong answer (everything is correct free points)
Sand dunes have gentle slopes facing the ____ and a steep slope away from the ____.
What is… wind
forms thick wedge at base of mountains, usually in dry areas
What is.. Alluvial Fan
What is the tallest mountain from base to peak?
What is.. Mauna Kea
How do hot spots help scientists understand plate movements?
What is…
lets scientists measure direction and speed of plate movement because hot spot stays still and plate moves, or any close answer
Who is Jerryetta’s creator?
What is… Zander