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SCIENCE-CHAP 2
CHANGING LANDFORMS
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Valley | a landform shaped like a V that is often located between two hills or mountains. |
| Erosion | is when rock, soil or sand is worn dawn and moved from one place to another. |
| Pumice | rock forms during a volcanic eruptions. |
| Diagram | is an illustration that shows how something works or what its parts are. Can be a type of model. |
| Model | is something scientists make to help answer questions about the real world. They help simplify things. |
| Landforms seem... | they seem stable which makes it hard to visualize water changing them. |
| TO KNOW | Chalk is similar to the real world because it is hard like rock |
| Water | is very powerful as a liquid or solid. It is more powerful than any landform. |
| TO KNOW | scientists make diagrams based on evidence from investigations, models, and books to share their ideas |
| TO KNOW | when we investigate why the cliff has changed, we are acting like geologist. |
| TO KNOW | the shape of landform changes when water causes pieces of rock to BREAK OFF and EROSION causes water to wash away land. |
| TO KNOW | when scientists can't observe a situation because it happens over time, they VISUALIZE what may happen. |
| TO KNOW | The shape of a landform changes when water hits it & causes pieces of rock to break off. Water hitting a landform causes tiny pieces of the landform to break off. |