Landforms

A hurricane is most likely considered to be ...

• a constructive force
• a destructive force

Weathering and erosion are both considered to be a 

• destructive force
• constructive force

Wind blowing sand from one location to another is called

• Deposition
• Erosion
• Weathering

Flood water pounding against a canyon wall and wearing it down

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

Layers of sediment forming at the bottom of the ocean floor

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

Glaciers scraping rocks across the earth’s surface

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

What is sediment?

• the process of rocks being broken down and carried away
• bits of rock, sand, and silt caused by the weathering of rocks
• the top layer of the soil
• decaying plant or animal material 

How does freezing water cause the weathering of rocks?  The freezing water—

• keeps the rocks in place
• makes the rocks last longer
• expands cracks and breaks rocks
• causes rocks to fall in landslides

Deltas forming at the mouths of rivers

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

Waves dropping sand on the beach

• Weathering 
• Erosion
• Deposition