Weathering Erosion Dep Landforms Flashcards

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Weathering

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Breaking down of substances such as rock and minerals by physical chemical or biological processes

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What are the three different types of weathering?

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Physical or mechanical , chemical ,or biological

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What is

PHYSICAL weathering???

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Physical weathering is the direct contact with earths atmospheric conditions

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Some examples of physical weathering

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Wind,water,gravity,animals,plants roots,temperature change

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What is chemical weathering?

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Chemical weathering is the process by which rocks are Broken down by chemical reactions

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6
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What makes up oxidation?

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Iron + oxygen + water

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7
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What is the product of oxidation??

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Rust

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8
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What is biological weathering?

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Breaking down from a living thing

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9
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Water is living

True or false

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False

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10
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What is erosion

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The movement of sediment from one location to another

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What causes erosion

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Water or wind or gravity

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12
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What Is deposition?

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When particles carried by watered wind are dropped in another location

NO MORE WATER OR WIND

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13
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Canyons

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Deep narrow valley with steep sides

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14
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Give 3 examples of deposition

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  • deltas
  • Sand dunes
  • Shells at a beach
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Deltas

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Landform that’s created from deposition of sediment at the mouth of a river

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16
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Give different kinds of deltas

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River Dominate Delta
Tide dominate
Wave dominate

17
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What is wave dominate deltas

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Looks like a flattened triangle. The lines running across the delta are ridges that formed as the delta built up

18
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What is a river dominate

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Is something called a “bird foot “

Long narrow mounds of sediment called levees build up along the sides of the narrow distributary channels

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Tide dominate

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Have long and narrow offshore bars or islands at the mouth of the river such as in western Papua New Guinea

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Caves

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Large under ground chamber, typically of natural origin in a hillside or cliff

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Sand Dunes

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Landform created from the deposition of sand in large hill-like structures that are constantly changing

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