Transcript Chapter 6 Review

Chapter 6 Review
How Do Weathering and Erosion
Change the Land?
True or False
Trees can cause the weathering
of rocks.
True!
They can grow in their
cracks.
True or False
Water wearing away bits of rock and soil
over many years and roots of a plant
slowly breaking rock into smaller
pieces are examples of erosion.
False!! That’s weathering!
A glacier slowly moving rock and soil to
a new place would be an example of
erosion.
True or False
The scraping of pebbles against rocks in
a stream is an example of weathering.
True! Water and ice can
weather rock!
Rivers form valleys by the
____________ of rocks
and soil.
erosion
(which is the picking up and
moving of rocks and soil to a
new place)
A landform that is a raised area with
a flat top is called a ___________
Plateau
This is a picture of a _____________.
Canyon
This is a picture of a _________.
Valley
When deposition of sand happens
along an ocean shore, what
forms?
A beach!
What forms if sand is carried by
wind, and then the wind slows
down?
Sand dunes!
This is a picture of a _________.
Mountain
What happens to rocks when
there is weathering? They
______ apart, ______ away,
and __________.
break, wear, dissolve
In deposition, rocks and soil are
________ ________ in a new
place.
laid down
True or False
Flowing water can weather
rocks and make them
smooth.
True!
What 3 things does this picture
illustrate? (Hint: we did this as a
way to remember)
Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
Where can ocean water cause
erosion?
On a beach or along the coast
because waves break rocks into
pieces and carry them somewhere
else.
The word deposition has the
word deposit in it. When you
deposit something, you drop it off
or leave it behind. What does it
mean when there has been
deposition of rocks?
The rocks have been dropped and left behind.
The dropping of materials as a
glacier melts, or a river slows
down, or as wind dies down are
examples of ________________.
deposition
Mountains are like plateaus
because they are both ________.
raised areas
Study your book, notes, and
worksheets, too!!!
Good luck!