Unit 5 Lesson 10-14

Water doesn't have to be in its liquid ________ to erode sediments.

• state

• expand

• deposit

• rugged

Scientists have seen a few seamounts _________ going under the ocean in submarines themselves.

• firsthand

• contract

• submersible

• silt

As rocks get hot, they ____________ or get bigger.

• expand

• contract

• rugged

• state

As rocks cool down, they _________or shrink.

• contract

• expand

• rugged

• underlies

Each island formed over a hotspot that __________ or is under, the center of the Pacific Plate.

• underlies

• firsthand

• ultimately

• canyon

As a result of all weathering, rocks are broken down into smaller pieces and _______________ into sediments.

• ultimately

• deposit

• rugged

• firsthand

The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is a long, uneven, or ___________ underwater mountain range.

• rugged

• canyon

• expand

• erosion

Wind, water, and gravity gradually move the sediments down the sides of the mountain which is and example of _________________________.

• erosion

• pepper

• underlie

• expand

The Colorado River, wind, and rain slowly created the Grand ____________.

• Canyon

• Expand

• Contract

• State

They went in a __________ down, down, down into the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

• submersible

• underlies

• canyon

• firsthand