Destructive and Constructive Forces

What is a destructive force?

• A natural process that destroys land
• A natural process that creates land
• A natural process where areas that are normally dry is covered in water

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A constructive force is defined as

• a natural occurrence that can build up or break down
• an earthquake or a volcano
• a natural force that builds up and creates new land
• a destructive force that has been controlled

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When the material that is worn down is carried away by wind, moving water, ice, living beings or gravity.

• Weathering 
• Erosion
• Deposition

When those materials stop moving and build up somewhere else.

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

A hill of sand, made and shaped by wind.

• Sand Dune
• Delta
• Fault
• Volcano

An area of new land at the mouth of a river.

• Sand Dune
• Delta
• Fault
• Glacier

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Earthquakes and volcanoes are______________ forces.

• constrcutive and destructive
• constructive
• physical changes
• destructive

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How were the Hawaiian islands formed?

• by an earthquake
• by volcanoes
• by tidal waves
• by wind erosion

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Do earthquakes occur underwater?

• No, earthquakes have to occur on land.
• Yes, and they can cause huge tidal waves to occur.
• No, only volcanoes occur underwater.
• Yes, but they have no effect on the ocean waters.

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An instrument that records movement of tectonic plates

• Seismograph

• Histogram

• Earthquakes

• Microscope

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