MVMS Weathering Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Process that breaks down rock | Weathering |
Breaking down of rock through chemical change | Chemical Weathering |
Process that physically breaks rocks | Mechanical Weathering |
Process that moves rock | Erosion |
Wearing away of rock | Abrasion |
Weathering due to water seeping into air spaces in rocks | Permeable |
Rocks broken by frozen water | Ice Wedging |
Amount of sediment carried by a stream | Load |
Process by which sediments are laid down in new locations | Deposition |
Deposit formed where a stream leaves a mountain range | Alluvial fan |
Sediments deposited at the mouth of a large river that flows into a lake or ocean. | Delta |
Moving water that moves over the Earth’s surface. | Runoff |
A stream that flows into a larger stream. | Tributary |
A large mass of ice that moves slowly over land. | Glacier |
The process by which glaciers pick up rocks | Plucking |
Young Mature Old Age | Ages of Streams |
Wind Water Waves Glaciers Gravity | Elements of erosion |
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