Question | Answer |
Sand Dune | A large mound of sand piled by wind |
Creep | The slow movement of soil or rock downhill. |
Erosion | The process of moving sediment from place to place by water. |
Abrasion | scraping off of something no longer there. |
Earthquake | the shaking of the earths surface caused by movement of rock in the crust. |
Mechanical Weathering | the process by which rocks aare broken down through physical methods. |
Mechanical Weathering Examples | (blank) |
Chemical Weathering | the process by which the chemical makeup of a rock is changes and the rock is broken down. |
Examples Chemical Weathering | (blank) |
Volcano | a mountain that forms as molten rockflows through a crack onto the earth surface. |
Glacier | A great mass of ice moving very slowly. |
Landslide | the sudden movement downhill of rock and soil |
Inference | An untested interpretation of observaationnns. |
Observation | information that you gather with yoour senses. |
How long is the shaking of an earth quake felt | seconds |
What erupts from a volcano? | lava, ash, hot rock |
How is rust formed? | When iron mixes with oxgen. |
What happen to land and cliffs along the coastline? | eroison |
How are beaches formed? | deposition on the coast. See p. 353. |
What are the effects of changing tempuratures on land (freezing and thawing cycle)? | Rocks crack and break off. (See Lesson 1 & 3.) |