Juan picks up a pebble from a river. The pebble is very smooth. Juan forms a hypothesis that the rock is smooth because it rubbed against other rocks and sand in the river. Which process did he explain?

In places where there is loose sand and strong wind, the wind can pick up the sand and carry it. When the wind slows, it drops the sand. What is this process called?

Repeated freezing and unfreezing is an example of what type of weathering?

Rain washing away soil from a hillside is an example of...

This process moves bits of rock from one place to another.

This process involves changing the composition of the minerals that make up a rock.

Physical weathering is caused by all of these EXCEPT???

Erosion is caused by all of these EXCEPT???

Landslides, mudslides, and creep are caused by.....

A glacier is....

Carbonation is

What is the difference between mechanical weathering and chemical weathering?

Which weathering has water freeze in the cracks and wedges it apart because water expands when it freezes?

Which weathering is the gradual peeling of layers due to uplift?

Oxidation forms ______________

Weathering rates are faster in ________________ climates.

What is the removal and transport of weathered material?

Landslide and rock slides occur in very ___________ vertical cliffs.

With a steeper slope, we would expect to see...

What type of weathering is changing the composition of the rock or mineral?

The movement of ________ is a major agent of erosion along streams, rivers, beaches, and underground.

Sara blew through a straw and directed her breath at a pan of sand. The sand began to move. She is showing how the ______ erodes the land.

Landslides and mudslides are an example of erosion by ________.

The process where glaciers erode an area over a long period of time is ______ erosion.

________ is the breaking down or dissolving of rocks.

Landslides, rockfalls, and mudslides are responsible for both erosion and deposition. What force is mainly responsible for the erosion and deposition that happens in landslides, rockfalls, and mudslides?

How can a glacier affect land in a valley?

A delta is an example of

Waves and currents help to form beaches.

Which does not impact the infiltration of water?

The area of land drained by a river and its tributaries

Where the water goes up through the plants and is released into the air through the leaves

Impermeable Rock

The rate at which infiltration takes place, expressed as inches per hour.

The level below the earth's surface at which the ground becomes saturated with water.

The volume of water flowing through a river channel

Source

Tributary

Watershed

What river feature does this image show?

Where will there be the most erosion?

Where is the water in the river moving the slowest?

What is the name of the point where a river ends & empties into another river or large body of water?

Which term best describes the general flow of water over land?

What stage of a river is closest to the ocean?

What stage of the river moves the fastest?

In the Youthful Stage of a river (in the mountains), what shape valley does the river cut into the hillside?

In the mature stage of a river, where the it begins to leave the mountains, the river cut valley widens and the river begins to ___________________