Unit3 Ls 2 Vocab

Question 1

Weathering

Answer 1

wear away or change the appearance or texture of something by long exposure to the air

Question 2

Erosion

Answer 2

the process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents

Question 3

Deposition

Answer 3

the geological process in which sediments, soil and rocks are added to a landform or land mass

Question 4

Igneous rock

Answer 4

one of the three main rock types, the others being sedimentary and metamorphic. Igneous rock is formed through the cooling and solidification of magma or lava

Question 5

Sedimentary rock

Answer 5

types of rock that are formed by the deposition and subsequent cementation of that material at the Earth’s surface and within bodies of water.

Question 6

Metamorphic rock

Answer 6

a type of rock which has been changed by extreme heat and pressure

Question 7

Rock cycle

Answer 7

an idealized cycle of processes undergone by rocks in the earth’s crust, involving igneous intrusion, uplift, erosion, transportation, deposition as sedimentary rock, metamorphism, remelting, and further igneous intrusion

Question 8

Uplift

Answer 8

vertical elevation of the Earth’s surface in response to natural causes

Question 9

Subsidence

Answer 9

become less intense, violent, or severe

Question 10

Rift zone

Answer 10

A large area of the earth in which plates of the earth’s crust are moving away from each other, forming an extensive system of fractures and faults