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What are Constructive and Destructive Forces?

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1 What are Constructive and Destructive Forces?
Jazz Slappey Ms.Carter 5th Grade December 1, 2015

2 What are Constructive Forces?
Constructive Forces are processes that help build or construct the Earth. Constructive forces can deposit soil or silt in a river. There are 3 main constructive forces: Crustal Deformation, Deposition of Sediment, and Volcanic Eruptions.

3 What are Destructive Forces?
Destructive forces break the Earth down. Earthquakes, volcanoes, and rivers are examples of active destructive forces.

4 Niagara Falls (Constructive Force)
How was Niagara Falls formed? Towards the end of the Ice Age, melting ice drained down the Niagara River, causing the Niagara Falls to form.

5 Stone Mountain (Constructive Force)
How did Stone Mountain form? Stone Mountain was created by magma that formed deep in the Earth and forced itself out of the molten center.

6 Grand Canyon (Destructive Force)
How was the Grand Canyon formed? Erosion caused by the Colorado River helped carve the Grand Canyon.

7 Waimea Canyon (Destructive Force)
How was the Waimea Canyon formed? The Waimea Canyon was carved by rivers that ran from Mount Waialeale at the middle of the Kauai Island.

8 THE END!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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