Earth Science - GMAS

What is weathering?

What does erosion do?

Erosion moves _______ from one place and deposits it somewhere else.

A _____________ prevents flooding during heavy rain and can be seen on the side of roads.

Eroded beaches are reclaimed trough what?

Which word names a force that pulls rocks downhill?

A tool that records earthquakes is a called what?

Volcanos and earthquakes are both constructive and destructive.

An earthquake is caused by a crack in the Earth's crust called a _________.

Which forms from wind deposition?

In which climate would you find a sand dune that is not close to a beach?

Divergent boundaries slide ______ each other to create volcanoes.

__________ boundaries push against each other creating mountains.

Where do deltas form?

When a large rock crumbles into smaller pieces, it is being __________.

Earthquakes MOST LIKELY occur near what?

The Earth has 20 ________ that move toward, past, or against each other.

Deposition is a process that

A __________ is a structure built across a river to control its flow.