What's It Mean?
Wind and _______ can carry sand and small pieces of rock to new locations.
What is water?
The speed at which volcanoes change Earth's surface...
What is quickly or fast?
Chemical weathering occurs most in this type of climate. _________ and ____________.
warm and humid
Small pieces that break off of rocks.
What is sediments?
What makes a V shaped Valley?
What is a river?
When rainwater seeps into cracks in rocks and __________, it expands and causes the rock to split apart.
What is freezes?
The speed at which weathering changes Earth's surface...
What is slowly?
The difference between erosion and deposition is:
Erosion moves or transports the rock. Deposition drops the rock.
The remains of a bend in a river that has been cut off from the main channel.
What is an oxbow lake?
Weathering over long periods of time breaks rock into ____________ pieces.
smaller
The speed and depth of moving water on the outside bend of a river.
Speed: fast
Depth: Deep
Particles that undergo weathering become ________ or ________.
Smaller or Rounder
A growing pile of deposited sediment at the bottom (mouth) of a river.
What is a delta?
An area that brings rainfall to a common body of water
What is a watershed?
Fast flowing rivers can pick up and carry rocks ________ distances.
What is long?
Water can weather rock by doing this
What is freezing and melting (frost action)?
A fast moving river ends the ocean. The deposition on the bottom of the ocean is an example of _______ sorting.
Horizontal
A river that makes lots of S-turns is said to...
Meander
Rust forms on the chain of your bike. What is this form of chemical weathering called?
Oxidation
A large flat area on each side of a river... Hint...great for farming.
What is a flood plain?
What is the driving force behind a land slide
Gravity
The difference between physical and chemical weathering is:
Physical weathering just breaks things apart and chemical weathering changes the rocks forever.
The organic section of the soil is called...
Humus (top layer)