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Row 1, Col 1 A natural feature on Earth’s surface What is a landform?

1,2 A thick sheet of ice that slowly creeps over parts of Earth. What is a glacier?

1,3 Freezing, thawing, and abrasion are all types of erosion. What is false?

1,4 Erosion can easily change Earth’s surface when the surface is covered by loose, dry _______. What is soil?

2,1 A deep, narrow valley carved by a river What is a canyon?

2,2 Rocks break down when their minerals are changed during _____________ What is chemical weathering?

2,3 Chemical weathering causes gradual changes in a statue exposed to acid rain. What is true?

2,4 _______ can deposit sand into a hill called a sand dune. What is wind?

3,1 Rocks break down without changing rock material during ____________ What is physical weathering?

3,2 Weathered rock is dropped off by wind or water during this process What is deposition?

3,3 Humus in soil is formed from weathered rock and minerals. What is false?

3,4 What is erosion? The usual order by which a landform is changed: weathering, __________, deposition

4,1 Weathered rock is carried away during this process What is erosion?

4,2 What is water erosion? The process that created this canyon.

4,3 A glacier widens and deepens a valley into a U shape. What is true?

4,4 Erosion is most often caused by ________ and ________. What is wind and water?

5,1 Land formed at the mouth of a river due to sediments dropped What is a delta?

5,2 What are barrier islands? This landform protects the coastline from erosion.

5,3 When rivers reach flat land, they slow, become wider, and flow straighter. What is false?

5,4 ____________ causes the outer layers of rock to peel off like the layers of an onion. What is exfoliation?