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Erosion
Quiz on Erosion and Weathering
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6th Grade
03/19/2012

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Erosion
Definition
The process by which wind, water, ice or gravity transports soil, and sediment from one location to another
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Weathering
Definition
the process by which rock material are broken down by the action of mechanical or chemical process and takes a long time
Term
glacier
Definition
a large of mass of moving ice
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creep
Definition
the slow down hill movement of rock material
Term
rockslides
Definition
when rocks fall down the side of a hill or mountain
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Sediment
Definition
broken down material from rocks
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How are erosion and weathering similar?
Definition
*both effect our landscape
*both have the agents of water, wind, ice and gravity
*both wear things down
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How was Long Island Sound formed?
Definition
*Glaciers pushed sediment in front of them.
* the melting glacier filled in the Long Island Sound
*Waves and wind have shaped the sound since then.
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deposition
Definition
when sediment and rocks are dropped or left behind by streams
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ice wedging
Definition
cycle of freezing and thawing of water which causes rock to break.
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abrasion
Definition
type of mechanical weathering where rocks are worn away by contact with other rocks.
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