Weathering and Erosion Board Game Directions

Weathering and Erosion Board Game Directions 1. Divide the class into teams of three. Two of the groups will be the players and one will hold the answer sheet and tell players if answers are correct or incorrect. 2. On a team’s turn, one team member chooses a card. 3. The team reads the question and decides on their answer. 4. If they are correct, they roll a die and move the number of spaces on the die. 5. If they are incorrect, they do not advance on the board. 6. The first team to reach the end of the game wins. 7. This could also be played with five students — two teams of two players each and one person to tell if answers are correct or not

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1. The gradual breaking of rocks into smaller pieces is called __________.

2. The process that transports rocks, soil and sediments to a different location is called __________.

a. weathering

a. weathering

b. erosion

b. erosion

3. The sudden downslope of snow, ice and rocks is called __________.

4. A sudden, violent shift of the earth’s plates is called __________.

a. an earthquake

a. an earthquake

b. an avalanche

b. an avalanche

c. transpiration

c. transpiration

d. a delta

d. a delta

5. The often triangular-shaped deposit at the mouth of a river is called __________.

6. A person who studies land forms and the processes of change is called __________.

a. an earthquake

a. a magician

b. an avalanche

b. a botanist

c. transpiration

c. a geologist

d. a delta

d. an anesthesiologist

7. A region with less than 10 inches of water per year is called __________.

8. Rocks forms from the cooling and hardening of hot liquid magma are called __________ rocks.

a. a glacier

a. igneous

b. a gorge

b. metamorphic

c. a mountain

c. sedimentary

d. a desert

d. move sideways

9. Rocks that are formed when the other forms of rock are under extreme heat and pressure are called _______.

10. Rocks formed from sediment that is compressed over time and becomes solid are called __________ rocks.

a. igneous rocks

a. igneous

b. metamorphic rocks

b. metamorphic

c. sedimentary rocks

c. sedimentary

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11. A chemical substance in Earth’s crust is called __________.

12. A mixture of small pieces of rock with decayed plants and animals is called __________.

a. soil

a. soil

b. tectonic plate

b. tectonic plate

c. mineral

c. mineral

d. sediment

d. sediment

13. Solid fragments of material that come from the weathering of rocks is called __________.

14. A massive river of ice, rocks and soil that moves slowly down a mountain is called a __________.

a. soil

a. gorge

b. tectonic plates

b. glacier

c. mineral

c. canyon

d. sediment 15. Shocks in an earthquake that occur after the main shock are called __________.

16. A deep, narrow valley with high, steep sides is called a __________.

a. foreshocks

a. gorge

b. main shocks

b. glacier

c. aftershocks

c. canyon

17. An earth form that is created when two plates push against each other is called a __________.

18. A violent, destructive windstorm with funnel-shaped clouds is called a __________.

a. tsunami

a. tsunami

b. mountain

b. mountain

c. tornado

c. tornado

19. A giant sea wave caused by earthquakes is called a __________.

20. A volcano that is currently erupting is called a(n) __________ volcano.

a. tsunami

a. active

b. mountain

b. dormant

c. tornado

c. extinct

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21. A volcano that has been sleeping for a while but may still erupt is called a(n) __________ volcano.

22. A volcano that is thought to be incapable of further eruption is called a(n) __________ volcano.

a. active

a. active

b. dormant

b. dormant

c. extinct

c. extinct

23. Volcanoes can occur __________. a. on land only b. only in the ocean c. both on land and in the ocean

24. Rain that contains harmful chemicals caused by burning fossil fuels is called __________. a. hydration rain b. acid rain c. oxidation rain

25. The process of rain mixing with iron in the earth and causing rust is called __________. a. acid rain b. hydration c. oxidation c. subduction

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Answers to Weathering and Erosion Board Game. 1. a) weathering

15. c) aftershocks

2. b) erosion

16. c) canyon

3. b) an avalanche

17. b) mountain

4. a) an earthquake

18. c) tornado

5. d) a delta

19. a) tsunamis

6. c) a geologist

20. a) active

7. d) a desert

21. b) dormant

8. a) igneous

22. c) extinct

9. b) metamorphic rocks

23. c) both on land and in the ocean

10. c) sedimentary

24. b) acid rain

11. c) mineral

25. c) oxidation

12. a) soil 13. d) sediment 14. b) glacier

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