Weathering/Erosion Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| another term for mechanical weathering | physical weathering |
| key words for weathering | "breaks down", "wearing down" |
| key words for erosion | "moving", "washing away", "carrying away" --anything that causes movement |
| key words for deposition | "forming", "drops" |
| examples of mechanical weathering | ice wedging, root wedging, glaciers scraping, water breaking down, gravity, animals burrowing |
| examples of chemical weathering | rust (oxidation), acid rain, cave formed by dissolved limestone |
| another word for rust | oxidation |
| How does climate affect weathering? | It affects the rate of weathering and can cause it to happen faster. Tornadoes, lots of rain, lots of snow, and strong winds can cause weathering to happen faster. |
| What is root wedging? | when roots of plants break up the earth |
| How does ice wedging cause weathering? | The water freezes and thaws, causing the ground to crack. |
| What is abrasion? | the grinding away of rock by other rocks |
| four agents of erosion | wind, water, ice (glaciers), gravity |
| What is runoff? | water that doesn't soak into the ground |
| What is deposition? | the dropping of sediments that have been carried by erosion |
| What is weathering? | the breaking down of rocks |
| What is erosion? | the processes that move sediments from one place to another |
| five environments of deposition | marsh, river, delta, barrier island, beach |
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Nisey1996
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