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Worksheets6-1 Rocks COOL By Carter Anderson
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 5mins
What BUILDS up features on earth's structure?
Constructive Process
Destructive Process
What TEARS down features of the earth's structure?
Constructive Process
Destructive Process
What is weathering?
Compacting a rock
Any rock turning into magma
The break down of rock
The travel of rock
What is chemical weathering?
Breaks down rocks internally
Cements rock
What is physical weathering?
Breaks rock into sediments
Breaks down rocks internally
What is erosion?
The breaking down of rock
The removal of a rock to one location to another
Where rock stops traveling
What are the agents of erosion?
Water
Wind
Glaciers
Gravity
Factors that affect the rate of erosion?
Agents of erosion
Water and wind
What is rounding?
When rock gets compacted and shoved together to make the rock break
Rock fragments bump during erosion and round
What is sorting?
Separation of colors
Separation of size
What is deposition?
The moving of rocks from one location to another
The laying down of rocks
What is a depositional environment?
Where weathering occurs
Where sediment is deposited
What is a high-energy environment?
Environment where plenty of sediment is deposited
Environment where few sediments are deposited
What is a low-energy environment?
Environment where plenty of sediment is deposited
Environment where few sediments are deposited
What are landforms created by Erosion (characteristics)?
Often tall and jagged structures with cuts of rock such as hoodoos
Landforms are low lying with flat land and an example is the desert
What are landforms created by Deposition (characteristics)?
Often tall and jagged structures with cuts of rock such as hoodoos
Landforms are low lying with flat land and an example is the desert
