Earthquakes
Canyons
Landslides
Deltas
Caves
100
Name this Landform
What is a Sand Dune?
100
When rocks break into smaller pieces.
What is weathering?
100
Landform that is created by dissolving.
What are caves?
100
Weathering that affects the size or shape of a landform.
What is mechanical weathering?
100
When rainfall increases weathering and erosion also….
What is increase?
200
Name this landform
What is a river delta?
200
When sediment is transferred from one location to another.
What is erosion?
200
This is when sediments get pressed together or packed in.
What is compaction?
200
Weathering that affects the landforms chemical makeup.
What is chemical weathering?
200
This change agent is responsible for carving out U Shaped valleys.
What are glaciers?
300
Two scales that are used to measure Geoscience Processes
What are Time and Size?
300
When sediment is dropped and builds new landforms.
What is deposition?
300
This is when sedimentary rocks get “glued” together.
What is compaction?
300
Oxidation and hydrolysis are examples of this type of weathering.
What is chemical weathering?
300
This change agent is responsible for carving out canyons and carrying sediment to be deposited as river deltas.
What is water?
400
Name this landform
What is a canyon?
400
Ice Wedging is what type of weathering?
What is mechanical?
400
A land erosion event that happens quickly and affects a small area of the Earth.
What are landslides?
400
When waves crash onto ocean beaches this occurs.
What is erosion?
400
This change agent is the most powerful of them all.
What is water?
500
Natural processes that occur on earth.
What are geoprocesses?
500
This causes rocks to become smooth .
What is weathering?
500
Earth material that is broken down by weathering.
What is sediment?
500
The force that causes water to run downhill and seek the lowest elevation.
What is gravity?
500
These are the change agents that cause weathering, erosion, and deposition.
What are wind, water, gravity and ice?