Vocabulary

Question 1

The natural process of breaking down rock.

Answer 1

Weathering

Question 2

Sometimes, the weather pieces are then moved by a process called the ?

This occurswhen weather bits of rock or soil or loosen and moved from one place to another.

Answer 2

Erosion

Question 3

When eroded pieces stop moving and settle.

Answer 3

Deposition

Question 4

A rich of sand created by the wind.

Answer 4

Sand Dunes

Question 5

A crack in the ground formed by a thin piece of ice.

Answer 5

Ice Wedging

Question 6

A row of plants that is grown in an open area to help slow down the wind and reduce it’s harmful effects .

This can protect plants people and structures.

Answer 6

Windbreak

Question 7

Any eroded material that is deposited in a new place.

Weathered rock sand and soil that are deposited.

Answer 7

Sediment

Question 8

A wall of material that blocks the flow of a stream or river.

They are built by animals like beavers and humans.

Answer 8

Dam

Question 9

To break up or turn over the soil to prepare it for planting crops.

Doing thus to the soil can increase erosion if it’s done in the wrong places for with the wrong techniques.

Answer 9

Till