Mountains, Valleys, Coasts - Erosion

This type of weathering involves physical forces breaking rock down into smaller pieces.

• Mechanical Weathering

• Chemical Weathering

This type of weathering involves forces changing the atoms and molecules of the affected feature.

• Mechanical Weathering

• Chemical Weathering

This depositional structure forms where rivers meet large bodies of water.

• delta

• natural levee

• meander

• oxbow lake

This process involves the constant thawing and freezing of water to break down rock.

• spheroidal weathering

• unloading

• exfoliation

• frost wedging

Which rivers erode material more quickly?

• slow flowing rivers

• fast flowing rivers

• streams

The force responsible for mass movements, where the land and everything on it shifts down hill is:

• water

• wind

• gravity

• love

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4