Chp. 5 Lesson 3

Question 1

Erosion can be caused by glaciers, wind, moving water, and ——-

Answer 1

Gravity

Question 2

The slow process that breaks rock into smaller piece is called

Answer 2

Weathering

Question 3

A rock is broken apart by ——– ———- if the rock type dose not change

Answer 3

Physical weathering

Question 4

When the Colorado river eroded the land around the river in Arizona,the —– —— was formed

Answer 4

Grand Canyon

Question 5

Glaciers form in very cold places as thick —— of ice

Answer 5

Sheets

Question 6

As the weight of the overlying ice increases, the glacier begins to

Answer 6

Flow

Question 7

If rock contains iron, air and water can react with iron through ——– ———- and form rust

Answer 7

Chemical weathering

Question 8

Deposits left behind by a glacier are called ——- —— and ——- —-

Answer 8

Glacial debris

Glacial till

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Erosion

Question 10

The bottom end of a glacier is called

Answer 10

Terminus

Question 11

Features that form where glacial till builds up

Answer 11

Moraine

Question 12

An unsorted mixture of debris dropped by a glacier

Answer 12

Glacial till

Question 13

People change the land by —— it to get minerals, metals, or fuels

Answer 13

Mining

Question 14

Huge masses of ice and snow are called

Answer 14

Glaciers

Question 15

Erosion moves weathered rock from one place to another through

Answer 15

Wind

Gravity