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science
unit 5
| 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 |
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