Question | Answer |
sand dunes | a large mound of sand piled up wind |
creep | The slow movement of soil or rock downhill |
erosion | The process of moving sediment from one place to another |
abrasion | the scrapings of rocks |
earthquake | A shaking of Earth's surface caused by movement of rock in the crust |
mechanical weathering | A process by which rocks are broken down through physical methods. |
chemical weathering | a process by which the chemical makeup of rocks are broken down and changed. |
volcano | a mountain that forms as molton rock flows through a crack onto the Earths surface |
glacier | a huge sheets of ice that slowly melts and shapes the land |
landslide | the sudden movement of rock and soil downhill |
inference | An untested interpretation of observations |
observation | information that you gather with your senses |
About how long is the shaking of the earth felt | a couple of seconds |
What erupts from a volcano | gas, hot rock, ash, and lava |
How is rust formed | By iron mixing with oxygen forming rust |
What can happen to land and cliffs along the coastline | The waves break the cliffs and land by rubbing up against them |
How are beaches formed | The waves and ocean currents pick up sediment from weathered cliffs whick forms beaches which is a type of deposition |
What are the effect of changing temperature on the land | When water freezes, it expands. The rock cracks and more and more pieces break off |