Worksheets6/1 vocab
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 12mins
What is the definition of erosion?
The removal of weathered material from one location to another.
How fast rock material moves to a new location is affected by weather, climate, topography, and the type of rock.
Is the laying down or settling of eroded rock material
Destructive process that breaks rock material down into smaller pieces, called sediments.
What is the definition of deposition?
The final location where rock material lands/is deposited. Example: swamps, deltas, beaches, ocean floor.
Large grains of sediment are often deposited in high-energy environments.
Is the laying down or settling of eroded rock material.
How fast rock material moves to a new location is affected by weather, climate, topography, and the type of rock.
What is the definition of weathering?
Breaks rock into sediments, but does not change the chemical composition of the rock.
Agents of weathering cause rocks to change shape. Rocks that were rough can become smooth through rounding.
Changes the chemical composition of rock.
Destructive process that breaks rock material down into smaller pieces, called sediments.
What is the definition of sorting?
The final location where rock material lands/is deposited. Example: swamps, deltas, beaches, ocean floor.
As sediment is transported, it can become sorted by grain size. Sediment is well sorted when it is moved a lot. Poorly sorted sediment often results from rapid transportation.
How fast rock material moves to a new location is affected by weather, climate, topography, and the type of rock.
Large grains of sediment are often deposited in high-energy environments.
Which word best describes this example: A rough and tall mountain peak becoming smooth
Depositional Environment
Weathering
Rounding
Deposition
Which one of these are causes of weathering?
Water
Wind
Ice
All of the above
Which one of these is an example of the constructive process?
Lava hardening and forming new land
Hurricane washes away a shoreline
Mountain peak becomes smooth
Rain washed away sediments
A hurricane that washed away a shoreline is an example of what?
Deposition
Weathering
Destructive process
Constructive process
What is chemical weathering?
How fast rock material moves to a new location is affected by weather, climate, topography, and the type of rock.
Breaks rock into sediments, but does not change the chemical composition of the rock.
Changes the chemical composition of rock
The removal of weathered material from one location to another.
What is physical weathering?
Is the laying down or settling of eroded rock material.
Breaks rock into sediments, but does not change the chemical composition of the rock.
Destructive process that breaks rock material down into smaller pieces, called sediments.
How fast rock material moves to a new location is affected by weather, climate, topography, and the type of rock.
Small grains of sediment are often deposited in what type of environments?
(a)
Large grains of sediment are often deposited in what type of environments?
(a)
Which one of these are causes of erosion?
Water
Wind
Glaciers
Gravity
What are some Factors that Affect the Rate of Erosion?
What is a depositional environment, and what are some examples?
Are landforms created by the destructive process flat and low-lying?
no
yes
Are landforms created by deposition, tall and jagged with cuts in layers of rocks?
no
yes
