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| What forces can cause a canyon to form |
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| what are stream tables used for? |
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| makes a model of a land form |
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| what can be demonstrated when you elevate a stream table? |
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| causes the water to move faster causing more weathering, erosion, deposition |
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| what process can cause a statue to break down over years and years |
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| If a major rainstorm happened, what kind of land would be the most affected? |
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| what forms in caves after thousands and thousands of years? |
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| stalagmites, stalactites, build up of calcium over time (deposition) |
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| what kind of land form can be made by a glacier? |
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| U shaped vallies, long island |
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| How do big rocks and mountains break down into smaller pieces? |
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| weathering by wind, ice, wedging, plants |
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| what kind of land is affected the most by wind. |
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| sandy areas (deserts or beaches) |
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| what process could be taking place over time when a tree grows right by a sidewalk? |
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| waves hitting a cliff can cause what processes? |
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| weathering, erosion, deposition |
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| what processes are taking place as a glacier moves down the mountainside? |
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| weathering, erosion, deposition |
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| mountains weather because of thawing and freezing. what causes this? |
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| ice wedging-water getting into rocksand freezes and thaws, and breaks the rocks down |
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| How are oxbow lakes formed? |
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| sediment from a river is eroded and deposited onto the bank and eventually cuts off a curve in the river. |
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| what causes rough pointy mountains to become rounded and smooth? |
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| wind carrying sand, running water, ice (wedging or glacier) |
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| what is a tsunami? what would a beach look like after one occurred? |
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| a giant wave that is caused by an underwater earthquake or volcano. the beach would be washed away. |
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| what would a side view of the ground look like if an earthquake occurred? |
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| crumbled jagged, a huge trench |
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| explain how a volcano is both a constructive and a destructive force. |
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builds new land forms (islands)
burns land and property, can take lives |
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| how are mountains formed? how long does it take? |
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| when earths plates colide and land is pushed upward, hundreds/thousands of years. |
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ice freezing and expanding breaking a glass container in the freezer.
sidewalk breaks because a root grew under it. |
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rocks on a river bed
tides washing away sand |
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when streams deposit sediments
wind deposits sand
glaciers deposit sediment |
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| the process of moving earth sediment from one place to another. |
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| the process of putting (depositing)earth matherials in a new location. this is also known as the process of sedimentation. |
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