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Weathering
Erosion
Causes Erosion
vocabulary
100
The breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces.
What is weathering?
100
The movement of sediment from one place to another.
What is erosion?
100
Pulls rocks and material downward.
What is gravity.
100
Begins as rocks, forms over a long period of time.
What is soil?
200
This type of weathering changes the chemical make-up of the rock.
What is chemical weathering?
200
The dropping off of sediment after it has been moved.
What is deposition?
200
Carries both rock and soil below it as it scraps along the land.
What is glacier ?
200
Weathered material that is carried by wind, water and glaciers.
What is sediment?
300
This type of weathering does not change the chemical make-up of the rock
What is mechanical weathering?
300
The Grand Canyon was formed by this process.
What is erosion?
300
Sand is moved on and then back off , scraping along the shoreline.
What are waves?
300
A force that pulls things towards the center of the earth.
What is gravity?
400
Ice wedging is an example of this type of weathering.
What is mechanical weathering?
400
The dropping of rocks carried by a glacier is an example of this.
What is deposition?
400
Blows or moves soil, sand, and small rocks.
What is wind?
400
A large mass of ice that shapes the land and carves out valleys.
What is glacier?
500
Classify the kind of weathering described in each case: 1 marble statue's nose falls off..... 2 bickcyle fender rusts.....
What is mechanical weathering and chemical weathering.
500
Wind, running water, waves ,glaciers and gravity
What are the 5 agents of erosion?
500
This agent is the major cause of erosion.
What is water?
500
Made of minerals and classified by how they are formed.
What is rock?