6th Grade Earth & Space Science Week #2 "Shaping the Earth"

What does erosion do?

A form of physical weather that wears a rock's surface

What percentage of the Earth's freshwater do glaciers hold?

Larges masses of Earth's crust floating on magma

The movement of small rock pieces to a different location

Rock breaking into smaller pieces

Physical weathering where water freezes in the cracks of rocks and then expands

A from of chemical weathering where oxygen reacts with substances in rock to form new rock

Which process is a type of chemical weathering?

When two tectonic plates move towards each other.

Which 2 are examples of rapid changes to the Earth's surface?

Why is terrace farming so effective in the mountains?

2 tectonic plates diving away from each other

Vocabulary: a form of physical weathering that wears a rock’s surface

How does a transform boundary cause an earthquake?

Why don't we notice many of the changes that occur on the Earth?

The process by which small pieces of rock & soil are carried away to new locations is called __________

What is a boundary in the context of tectonic plates?

2 tectonic plates sliding past each other

rock forming into a new, usually softer rock substance

How are glaciers formed?

A boundary that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.

2 tectonic plates colliding into each other