Topic 1
What breaks down rock into smaller pieces
Weathering
What is the process of building up sediment?
Deposition
Formed where a glacier deposits mounds or ridges of a till.
What is a Moarine?
What process forms a Beach
Deposition
What is a huge mass of slow moving ice?
What is a GLACIER
What is a fan-shaped FLAT piece of land at the mouth of a river?
Delta
How will a rock feel if it was constantly being hit by waves in the ocean?
Smooth
What process forms a delta?
Deposition
Chemicals in ground water can dissolve the rocks forming what landform
Cavern
List three types of mechanical weathering.
Wind, Water, Ice, Gravity, Abrasion
Water seeps into cracks --> freezes --> rock breaks apart
What process
Ice Wedging (Mechanical weathering)
What process forms a sand dune
roots find cracks in rocks → roots grow and expand inside the cracks of rocks → growing roots cause pressure to break down rocks
What Process?
Mechanical Weathering
Which landform is MOST subjected to WIND EROSION
Sand dunes
What landform is a deposit of sediment that originates in the mountains and is transported by rivers.
Coastline