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Science ch. 1
Ms. Keller's Earth's Changing Surface: 5th Grade
Question | Answer |
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Shows the shapes of surface features and their elevations. | topographical map |
The dropping or releasing of sediment. | deposition |
The breaking of rocks into pieces of sediment. | weathering |
The movement of rock pieces or sediment from place to place. | erosion |
The rocky outer layer of the earth. | crust |
Connect points on a map that have the same elevation. | contour lines |
When larger pieces of rock are broken up, it produces these smaller pieces of rock. | sediment |
Weathered rock that has sunk into a hole. | sinkhole |
Melted rock below earth's surface. | magma |
Melted rock on earth's surface. | lava |
Moving masses of ice. | glaciers |
Large and sudden movements of land down steep slopes. | landslides |
A substance, usually water, that dissolves the chemicals in rock. | chemical weathering |
The breaking of large pieces of rock into smaller pieces of rock. | mechanical weathering |