the process by which rock materials are broken down by the action of physical and chemical processes.
What is weathering?
100
The place where land and a body of water meet.
What is shoreline?
100
A mound of wind deposited sand that keeps it shape even though it moves.
What is dune?
100
An enormous mass of moving ice.
What is glacier.
100
The movement of any material such as rock, soil, or snow, down-slope.
What is mass movement.
200
Name 3 examples of mechanical weathering.
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Describe what happens for each example for double points!
What is Ice wedging, Abrasion, Plants, and Animals.
200
How are waves able to break down rocks?
What is energy.
200
The removal of fine sediment by wind
What is deflation
200
What are 2 ways that glaciers move.
What is sliding and flowing.
200
The steepest angle in which loose material will not slide down-slope.
What is angle of repose?
300
Give 3 examples of chemical weathering.
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Describe what happens with each example for double points.
What is Water, Acid Precipitation, Acids in Groundwater, Acids in Living things, Air.
300
Name 3 examples of wave erosion. (Shoreline Features)
What are Sea Stacks, Sea Arches, Sea Caves, Headlands, Wave cut terraces?
300
the skipping and bouncing movement of sand sized particles in the direction that the wind is blowing.
What is saltation?
300
the general term used to describe all material carried and deposited by glaciers.
What is glacial drift.
300
Name the 4 types of rapid mass movements we discussed on Friday.
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Give the definitions for bonus double points!
What is rock falls, landslides, lahar, mudslide.
400
The more ________________ _____________ that is exposed to weathering, the faster the rock will be worn down.
What is surface area?
400
The most common example of a wave deposit.
What is Beach?
400
Name a factor that can affect the amount of wind erosion an area receives. We talked about 1 specifically in class.
What is plant cover.
400
A glacial deposit that has been sorted and layered by the action of streams and melt water. It is sorted based on the size of the rock material
What is stratified drift?
400
a mass movement that occurs continuously, day after day.
What is creep?
500
Name the 3 factors that affect the rate of weathering?
What is Surface Area, Climate, Elevation.
Water is also accepted.
500
What determines the way that sand moves on a beach?
What is the direction at which waves hit the shore?
500
Describe how dunes move.
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Draw a dune on the board and identify the slipface and the windward slope.
What is in the direction of the wind?
500
What is the difference between continental and alpine glaciers?
What is Alpine- mountainous areas, carve out landforms.
Continental- huge masses of ice the size of continents, produce smooth landscapes.
500
What are 4 factors that will determine the angle of repose? ( what characteristics can cause surface materials to move down-slope quicker than others? )