Type of mass movement that carries soil, rock particles and other materials rapidly down a slope.
What is a landslide?
100
The type of weathering that causes things like gravestones and statues to have the "eaten away" appearance.
What is chemical weathering?
100
This agent is responsible for most erosion and transportation of sediment and other materials.
What is water?
100
A deposition feature created from transported sand that may or may not encounter an obstacle before being deposited.
What is a sand dune?
100
The principle that describes Earth's processes as rarely changing over millions of years.
What is uniformitarianism?
200
A very slow downhill movement of rock and soil that can occur even on gentle slopes. Objects on the land such as trees, houses, posts, etc. may tilt at unusual angles.
What is Creep?
200
The kind of weathering that is favored by warmer, moist (hot,wet) climates.
What is chemical?
200
The agents created by solar energy which cause beach erosion.
What are currents and waves?
200
A kind of rock that is formed when larger rock formations undergo weathering, get eroded to the base of the cliff or mountain and may find itself deposited into the ocean.
What is sedimentary rock?
200
Considered to be the slowest process to change Earth's surface.
What is weathering?
300
Movement in which a mass of rock and soil suddenly slips down a slope in one large chunk. It is often the result of water soaking the bottom of clay-rich soil.
What is Slump?
300
Plants are most commonly involved in this kind of weathering by roots growing into and cracking rocks apart.
What is mechanical weathering?
300
The tides of the Earth greatly affect erosion caused by tidal flow. What causes the tides on the Earth?
What is the gravitational pull of the moon?
300
The primary agent that transports sediment from its original place of weathering to its end destination of deposition.
What are rivers?
300
Small rocks that are the result of larger rocks being weathered and broken down over time. They are not as small as sand.
What are pebbles?
400
Mudflows are landslides with soil, rock and an excess of water. The often occur after heavy rains but can also be triggered by _____________.
What are Earthquakes?
400
Two factors that directly cause weathering having to do with climate.
What are temperature and moisture?
400
The faster the water flows in a river the more force it builds up to carry larger sediments and rocks. Given a river that has a variety of sizes of sediment and rock, what is this evident of?
What is a rapidly moving river?
400
A depositional feature occurring when a river drops loads of sediment where it flows into the ocean.
What is a delta?
400
The two geologic processes most affect the landscapes Southeast Georgia.
What are weathering and erosion?
500
Rockfalls often occur where road builders have cut highways through hills and mountains. Rockfalls consist mostly of only rock with very little soil and is therefore considered to be which type of mass movement?
What are Landslides?
500
The process in which extreme temperature changes creates pressure within rocks from repeated expansion and contraction. It usually results in the outer layer of rock sloughing off in sheets.
What is exfoliation?
500
The more moisture that is evaporated from the soil, the more erosion can occur because of the dry conditions. When more precipitation occurs the result is _________________________.
What is "more erosion occurs"?
500
A depositional feature created by sediment deposits transported from atop mountain ranges to the base of the mountains.
What is an alluvial fan?
500
These landforms are continually recreated, worn down, eroded, deposited, and then reformed by the processes on Earth.