Pritchard - Ch 14

Mountains are permanent structures

• true

• false

What types of mountains have short, round peaks?

• old mountains

• young mountains

What types of mountains have tall, sharp peaks with no vegetation?

• old mountains

• young mountains

What draws the weather and water cycle?

• moon

• Venus

• sun

Physical weathering breaks down rocks with

• chemicals

• force

Chemical weathering breaks down rocks by

• physical force

• chemical reactions

• atomic fissure

Breaking down rock into sediment is called

• weathering

• erosion

• diffusion

The moving of sediment is called

• erosion

• diffusion

• weathering

_________causes sediment to be carried by running water to the lowest place and deposited on the beach or pulled into the ocean by waves.

• fossils

• granite

• gravity

Steep slopes=

• less erosion

• more erosion