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What are three types of physical weathering?

Gravity, wind, and water.

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The Grand Canyon is an example of erosion by what?

Erosion by water.

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Name three landforms.
Mountains, hills, canyons, valleys, bays, peninsulas, delta's, caves, buttes, etc.
100

What is a glacier?

A large, slow-moving mass of ice, snow, and rock that forms on land and moves downhill due to gravity.

100

What 2 things form around the "ring of fire"?

volcanoes and earthquakes

200

What is an example chemical weathering?

Acid rain

200
How is erosion different than weathering?
Weathering is the breaking down of rock, and erosion is the movement of rock and soil over Earth's surface.
200

What type of landform is elevated and may have steep sides? 

Mountains

200

What type of rock forms whtn sediments are "glued" together over time?

Sedimentary Rock

200

How does water erode rocks?

Running water carries sediment from one place to another

300

What 3 forces cause erosion?

rain, wind, ice

300

Describe the process of erosion by water?

The process of sediment being moved by flowing/moving bodies of water.

300

What 3 processes create landforms?

Weathering, erosion, deposition

300
What is the rate of erosion?

The speed at which sediment is moved from one place to another by natural forces.

300
What is vegetation?

Plant life in a given area

400

What type of weathering could be caused by plant roots breaking apart rocks?

Biological weathering

400

What is erosion by gravity?

Rocks on hillsides are loosened by weathering processes, and then gravity pulls the pieces downhill.

400

Very small bits of soil and rock that make up landforms are called what?

sediment

400

Does deposition tear down or build up Earth's surface?

Builds up. Deposited sediments add on to the the Earth 's surface.

400

What is the difference between chemical and physical weathering?

Chemical weathering involves a chemical change to a substance or rock and physical weathering is the physical breakdown of a rock by the action of temperature change, gravity and water.

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What is physical weathering?
The breaking down of rock into smaller pieces by the action of wind, water, and temperature change.
500
What is erosion?
The process in which wind, water, ice or other things move pieces of rock and soil over Earth's surface.
500

What are landforms?

Naturally occurring features of the Earth's surface.

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What is deposition?
Occurs when eroded sediments are dropped at another location.
500

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How are weathering, erosion, deposition, and landforms connected?

Weathering, Erosion , and Deposition create a cycle that builds up and tears down Earth 's surface. Landforms are the outcome of the cycle.