Perfect for geology lessons, these printable flash cards address issues related to erosion.
There are 16 flash cards in this set (3 pages to print.)
To use:
1. Print out the cards.
2. Cut along the dashed lines.
3. Fold along the solid lines.
Sample flash cards in this set:
| Questions | Answers |
|---|---|
| Erosion | When something slowly gets worn off like rocks in a river. |
| Hydraulic Action | A type of erosion that happens when water erodes the side of the river transporting the sediment down the river. |
| Attrition | A type of erosion rocks smash into each other creating smaller rocks that continue the cycle. |
| Abrasion | A form of erosion in a river where rocks gring along each other creating very small pieces of sediment where it is transported down the river. |
| Solution | Where rocks like limestone slowly dissolve into the water to make very, very small pieces of sediment. |
| Arch | An arch that is created when waves smash into the back of a cave to make their way through. |
| Stack | A rock that has been deposited out at sea from the rock that was underneath the arch. |
| Stump | A stack that has been eroded away from waves. |
| Cave | Hydraulic action has eroded the weaker bits of a cliff and caved it in to make a cave. |
| Longshore Drift | Waves hitting a beach at an angle than back at a 90 degree angle carrying sediment as it goes along. |
| Bars | Where a spit grows across a bay and maybe enclose it to make a lagoon. |
| Spits | A narrow line of sand that has been created by longshore drift that is connected to the land on one end but not the other. |
| Beaches | Where sand has been deposited on land. |
| Tombolos | A spit that has been connected to an island from the mainland. |
| Hard Engineering | Techniques that protect a cliffside or beach from the power of waves to avoid erosion. |
| Soft Engineering | Where a shoreline is being protected with an environmental approach like putting more sand on a beach. |
