Weathering
Rocks can change size and shape without changing their chemical properties.
What is physical weathering?
As__________runs downhill, it can wash away soil and erode rocks.
What is water?
A physical feature on Earth's surface.
What are landforms?
____________rises high above the ground.
What is a mountain?
A large body of salt water.
What is an ocean?
__________enters the cracks in rocks. As they grow, they force the cracks apart?
What are plant roots?
_________causes mass movement, the movement of sediments downhill.
What is gravity?
The slow process that breaks down rocks into smaller pieces?
What is weathering?
A wide flat area?
What is a plain?
A body of water surrounded by land.
What is a lake?
This type of weathering changes the minerals that make up rocks.
What is chemical weathering?
Erosion and ___________work together to change the shape of land.
What is deposition?
The height of a location above sea level.
What is elevation?
The land along the edge of a body of water.
What is a beach?
A natural body of moving water that flows in a channel.
What is a river?
The action of _________ such as the burrowing of animals or the growth of plant roots, can cause weathering.
What are living things?
Slow moving mass or river of ice; VERY HEAVY and its PRESSURE causes rocks to erode.
What is a Glacier?
Drops sediments in a new place.
What is deposition?
Deep valley with high, steep sides.
What is a Canyon?
The mass of land that forms at the mouth of a river.
What is a delta?
In nature, the action of rocks and sediments grinding against each other and wearing away surfaces is called_________.
What is abrasion?
Downhill movement due to gravity.
What is Mass Movement?
The movement of sediments from one place to another.
What is erosion?
An area that receives very little precipitation.
What is a desert?
A narrow body of water off a larger body of water.
What is an inlet?