Ch.5 Lesson 3

Question 1

A slow process of breaking rocks into smaller pieces is called ________________.

Answer 1

Weathering

Question 2

A rock is broken up by ____________ withering if the chemicals aren’t altered.

Answer 2

Physical

Question 3

___________ weathering alters the chemicals.

Answer 3

Chemical

Question 4

The weathering and removal of rock from one place to another is called _________.

Answer 4

Erosion

Question 5

Erosion is caused by glaciers, wind, water (ice), __________.

Answer 5

Gravity

Question 6

When the Colorado river eroded the land around the river in Arizona, the ________ _____________ was formed.

Answer 6

Grand Canyon

Question 7

Glaciers form in very cold places as a thick sheet of ______.

Answer 7

Ice

Question 8

As it gets heavier the glacier begins to _____.

Answer 8

Flow

Question 9

The remains of a glacier are glacial _________ And ________.

Answer 9

Debris, till

Question 10

The mounds that form where the till builds up are called __________.

Answer 10

Moraines

Question 11

___________ make faster changes than weathering and erosion

Answer 11

Humans