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Erosion Flashcards

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What is the difference between weathering and erosion?

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Weathering breaks the rock
Erosion takes the rock

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What is the process of erosion (3 steps)

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  1. weathering - rocks like mountains, cliffs and boulders are weakened
  2. Water and wind ERODE and take the smaller pieces of rock and sediments away
  3. They are deposited (dropped) in another place
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What is erosion?

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It is a natural process. It changes the earths surface over time

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What are the 4 types of erosion

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  1. water erosion
  2. Wind erosion
  3. Ice erosion
  4. Gravity erosion
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What is examples water erosion?

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  1. RAIN creating small rivers in dirt
  2. RIVERS breaking apart the rock or ground they flow through
  3. WAVES breaking rocks from cliffs or taking sand from beaches
  4. FLOODS destroying large areas of land
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Why does running water cause water erosion?

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Over thousands of millions of years the force of running water and GRAVITY move rocks and sediments downwards CARVING AND CUTTING through the landscape

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How does running water make new landforms?

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As the water runs, sediments are carried down by the river and deposited to make new landforms

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What is a coastline

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A coastline is formed when the land meets the sea.
Coasts are always changing.

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How do waves cause erosion?

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The PUSH and PULL of the tides and powerful waves erode the beaches and cliffs

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What are the 2 types of wind erosion?

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  1. Deflation
  2. Abrasion
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What is wind deflation

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Where wind picks up dust or loose particles and carries it away

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What is abrasion?

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Where the wind causes these flying particles to hit against places such as cliffs or rocks eroding them

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What is carving wind?

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The wind can create lots of different land forms especially in deserts
1. sand dunes
2. wave rocks

The wind can also create DUST storms

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What causes ice erosion

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Ice erosion is mainly caused by glaciers

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What is a glacier?

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Glaciers are large rivers of slowly moving ice

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How do glaciers cause ice erosion?

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Glaciers carve their way through and down mountains creating valleys or new mountain ranges

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How does moving ice cause erosion?

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  1. snow falls onto the mountain
  2. Snow hardens into solid ice to create a glacier
  3. Gravity pulls the glacier down and rocks fall down too
  4. Glacier melts as it reaches warmer air
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What happened in the ice age?

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Up until 12000 years ago most of the earth was covered in glaciers
As the ice melted new landforms were created.

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What landforms were created after the ice age

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  1. Fjords - inlet filled by sea water
  2. Plateau - high flat land
  3. U shaped Valley
  4. Ridge
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What is gravity erosion?

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When large rocks or a collection of rocks are pulled down cliffs and mountains by the force of gravity

21
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Is Erosion fast or slow?

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Erosion is normally SLOW.
But sometimes it is sudden

22
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When is erosion SUDDEN

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  1. Floods
  2. Landslides
  3. sand erosion
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Where does erosion happen

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It happens all over the world

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What places are susceptable to erosion?

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Places that have very little vegetation and are made up of soft materials like dirt, sand or chalky rock.

These places include
BEACHES, MOUNTAINS, DESERTS, RIVER BEDS

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How have humans caused erosion?

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  1. Cutting down trees and causing soil to loosen (DEFORESTATION)
  2. Using land for farming until the soil becomes dry and arid (DESERTIFICATION)
  3. Livestock like sheep and cows eating grass and causing the top soil to ERODE
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How can humans control erosion?

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  1. Plant new trees after the old ones are cut down
  2. move livestock around so grass can grow again
  3. Plant trees around crops
  4. Placing rocks or barriers on slopes

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