1. JEOPARDY Weathering and Erosion

2. AAAA BBBB CCCC DDDD EEEE 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500

3. Category 1 100 the process that breaks down rocks into smaller and smaller fragments.

4. Category 1 100 weathering

5. Category 1 200 Rocks break down into small pieces called

6. Category 1 200 sediments

7. Category 1 300 Plants and ice wedging are examples of which type of weathering?

8. Category 1 300 mechanical

9. Category 1 400 List one example of mechanical weathering

10. Category 1 400 Plant wedging Ice wedging

11. Category 1 500 Oxidation is an example of which type of weathering?

12. Category 1 500 chemical

13. Category 2 100 How are canyons formed?

14. Category 2 100 By erosion

15. Category 2 200 How are alluvial fans and deltas similar?

16. Category 2 200 They are both fan shaped and made by stream erosion

17. Category 2 300 thick deposits of windblown fine sediment

18. Category 2 300 loess

19. Category 2 400 a large mass of moving ice that forms by the compacting of snow by natural forces.

20. Category 2 400 glacier

21. Category 2 500 all of the materials carried and deposited by a glacier.

22. Category 2 500 Glacial drift

23. Category 3 100 Materials carried by a stream

24. Category 3 100 load

25. Category 3 200 The process in which eroded material is dropped

26. Category 3 200 deposition

27. Category 3 300 Creep, landslide, rock falls, and mud flows are all types of _________

28. Category 3 300 Mass movement

29. Category 3 400 The process of water freezing and thawing between cracks in pavement.

30. Category 3 400 Ice wedging

31. Category 3 500 reacts with minerals and dissolves main minerals such as limestone.

32. Category 3 500 Carbonic acid

33. Category 4 100 occurs when a material such as iron is exposed to oxygen and water.

34. Category 4 100 oxidation

35. Category 4 200 Mechanical weathering is most common in what type of climate?

36. Category 4 200 Cold climates

37. Category 4 300 Chemical weathering is more common in what type of climate?

38. Category 4 300 Warm, wet climate

39. Category 4 400 the wearing away and removal of rock or sediment

40. Category 4 400 erosion

41. erosion of land by wind Category 4 500

42. deflation Category 4 500

43. Category 5 100 makes pits and rocks to produce smooth, polished surfaces

44. Category 5 100 abrasion

45. Category 5 200 wet sediment flows downhill over the ground surface.

46. Category 5 200 mudflow

47. Category 5 300 loose rock falls down steep slope

48. Category 5 300 Rock fall

49. Category 5 400 the way sediments slowly inch their way down a hill, common where freezing and thawing occur.

50. Category 5 400 creep

51. Category 5 500 sudden and rapid movement of a large amount of material downslope. Can carry away plants and animals.

52. Category 5 500 Landslide