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Quiz 2 Review

Vocabulary for quiz 2

QuestionAnswer
What force causes mass wasting? Gravity
What form of mass wasting is slow movement of dirt and rocks Creep
What calcite formation is on the FLOOR of a cave? Stalagmite
What is a thin layer of minerals covering the surface of a cave? Flowstones
What is the SUDDEN movement of large amounts of ice and snow called? Avalanche
What is a stalagmite and a stalactite that grow together called? Column
What cave is formed at the base of a cliff by moving water? Sandstone Cave
What is the most common kind of cave? Solution Cave
When level areas are cut into slopes to slow erosion it is called what? Terracing
When sediment or soil is "MOVED" from one location to another by water wind or ice: Erosion
What is the most powerful type of erosion caused by running water? Stream Erosion
What cave is formed by the pounding of waves against the rocks on shore? Sea Cave
What term is used to describe two plates sliding side to side and can cause earthquakes? Transform
What term is used to describe two plates that are dividing or moving away from each other? Divergent
What term is used to describe two plates that are colliding into each other? Convergent
What do you call the SUDDEN movement of large amounts of dirt and rock? Landslide
What are flowstones called that hang from the ceiling? Curtains
What is a cavern formed as the outer layers of lava have cooled? Lava Tubes
What is the breaking down of substances such as rocks by mechanical or chemical processes called? Weathering
What is the depositing of particles by water, wind or ice to another location called? Deposition
Weathering, Erosion or Deposition? Flood waters moving from one location to another Erosion
Weathering, Erosion or Deposition? Waves dropping sand on the beach Deposition
Weathering, Erosion or Deposition? Rain Washing away soil from a hillside Erosion
Weathering, Erosion or Deposition? Wind blasting sand at rock and carving out arches Weathering
Weathering, Erosion or Deposition? Flood waters pounding against a canyon wall and wearing it down Weathering
Weathering, Erosion or Deposition? Layers of sediment forming at the bottom of the ocean Deposition
Weathering, Erosion or Deposition? Water getting into cracks, freezing, and breaking the rocks or pavement apart Weathering
Weathering, Erosion or Deposition? Ponds Filling up with Sediment and becoming Marshes Deposition
Weathering, Erosion or Deposition? A mudslide flowing down a steep hill Erosion
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