Erosion and weathering

Question 1

The slow process that breaks rocks into smaller pieces is called ________

Answer 1

Weathering

Question 2

A rock is broken apart by _______ weathering if the rock type does not change

Answer 2

Physical

Question 3

If a rock contains iron, air and water can react with the iron through ______ and form rust

Answer 3

Chemical weathering

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Erosion

Question 5

Erosion can be caused by glacials, wind, moving water and _________

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

Glacials form in very cold places as thick _______ of ice

Answer 7

Sheets

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Flow

Question 9

Deposits left behind a glacier are called _____ and ______

Answer 9

Glacials debris and glacial till

Question 10

The mounds that form where till builds up are called _______

Answer 10

Moraines

Question 11

Most processes change slowly slowly. But people can make ________ changes

Answer 11

Faster

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Mining

Question 13

Critical thinking : which do you think changes land more : frozen water or flowing water

Answer 13

Flowing water because flowing water is moving. Flowing after can pick up dirt, rocks, trash and branches. Then deliver them in different locations.