Earth Science Vocabulary-5th Grade, GA

___________is a destructive process where Earth materials such as rocks and soil are broken down into smaller parts. Weathering can also break down roads, buildings, and other materials humans make.

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Weathering

• Landslide

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______is the movement of materials from one place to another by natural methods. _________can be a destructive process, such as when a landslide moves material from the top of a mountain.

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Weathering

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______is a constructive process whereby soil and rock that are eroded from one location are deposited as sediment in another location. As the sediment from a river is deposited at the mouth of a river over time, new land is created, which is called a delta. An example is the Mississippi delta.

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Weathering

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This landform is Horseshoe Bend. It was created overtime by the Colorado river. The process that created this landform is

(a)  

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______sheets of very old ice that are the size of states and that move along Earth’s surface, also create valleys as they slowly grind along the surface.

• Mountain

• Valley

• Delta

• Glacier

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A______ is a break in Earth’s crust that lets magma come out from the mantle and onto Earth’s surface. ______can be found in the deep ocean and on Earth’s surface. They are the result of a constructive process. _____ show up on Earth’s surface where the magma can push through weakness in the crust.

• Earthquake

• Volcano

• Delta

• Valley

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The islands of the state of Hawaii are ​ ​ (a)   created by ​ (b)  

• landforms
• volcanoes
• islands
• erosions
• deposition
• earthquakes

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______happen when tectonic plates suddenly slide around. The plates shake, and the energy from that creates waves that echo through Earth

• erosion

• weathering

• deposition

• earthquakes

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__________to reduce the effects of erosion on beaches can be accomplished by dredging sand from the ocean floor and depositing it back on the beach.

• beach reclamation

• floods

• deposition

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This landform is a sea arch. What is responsible for shaping this arch?

• plate tectonics
• earthquakes
• deposition
• erosion

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