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Vocabulary
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The breaking down of rock on Earth's surface into smaller pieces.
What is weathering?
100
Wind and water can carry sand and small pieces of rock to new locations. True or False
What is True?
100
Volcanoes change Earth's surface...(slowly/quickly)
What is quickly?
100

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Small pieces that break off of rocks.
What is sediments?
200
The process by which weathered rock is picked up and moved to a new place.
What is erosion?
200
When rainwater seeps into cracks in rocks and __________, it expands and causes the rock to split apart.
What is freezes?
200
Weathering changes Earth's surface...(slowly/quickly)
What is slowly?
200
The difference between weathering and erosion is: a. weathering causes a quick change in landforms and erosion causes a slow change in landforms. b. weathering breaks rocks into sediments and erosion moves sediment from one place to another.
What is B?
200
Gigantic formations of ice that do not completely melt over the course of a year.
What is a glacier?
300
Huge sheets of ice that move slowly over land.
What are glaciers?
300
Weathering over long periods of time breaks rock into ____________ pieces. (larger or smaller)
What is smaller?
300
Erosion can change the shape of the land faster than a volcano can. True or False.
What is False?
300
Name a difference between weathering and erosion.
What is weathering makes things smaller, and erosion moves it?
300

What does weathering mean?

The break down of rock over time due to exposure.

400

What type of erosion uses the air?

What is wind erosion

400
Fast flowing rivers can pick up and carry rocks (far/short) distances.
What is far?
400
Water can weather rock by: A. eroding soil B. by freezing and melting
What is freezing and melting?
400

What is the difference between wave erosion and running water erosion?

Wave erosion happens when waves crash, running water erosion happens when water runs over a surface and does not stop

400

What does erosion mean?

The movement of sediment from one place to another after it has been broken off.