HVES Landforms

Front

Flood water pounding against a canyon wall and wearing it down

Back

Weathering

Front

Rain washing away soil from a hillside

Back

Erosion

Front

Layers of sediment forming at the bottom of the ocean floor

Back

Deposition

Front

Waves dropping sand on the beach

Back

Deposition

Front

Water getting into cracks, freezing, and breaking the rocks or pavement apart

Back

Weathering

Front

Wind blowing sand from one location to another

Back

Erosion

Front

A piece of land surrounded by water.

Back

Island

Front

What is weathering?

Back

The breakdown of rock.

Front

How does a delta form? Options: a river slowing down, it's just a river that empties into an ocean or lake, the current of the river speeds up at the mouth causing sediment to wash away, the current of the river slows down causing sediment to deposit

Back

the current of the river slows down causing sediment to deposit

Front

What continues to shape canyons? Options: fast moving water, slow moving water, rocks weathering, rocks eroding

Back

fast moving water