Science Vocabulary

Match the following

• Sediment

• The dropping or settling of eroded materials

• Deposition

• A feature such as a delta or sand dune

• Glacier

• Very small pieces of rock, sand, silt carried by water.

• Erosion

• The process of moving sediment from one place to another.

• Landform

• A large sheet of flowing ice

The breakdown of rock on Earth's surface to into smaller pieces

• Weathering

• Gravity

• Landforms

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___________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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______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 when rocks are broken down into pieces of sediment.

• weathering
• erosion
• deposition
• compaction
• cementation

Weathering is what?

• Breaking down material

• Moving Material

• depositing material

• causing floods

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What force causes land slides (land falling down hills)?

• space

• gravity

• rain

• ice

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Which does NOT cause weathering?

• rain

• wind

• ice

• stars