vocab for unit 8

Question 1

weathering

Answer 1

the breaking down of rocks on earth surfices into smaller pieces

Question 2

erosion

Answer 2

the process of moving sediment from one to another

Question 3

deposition

Answer 3

the dropping or settiling of eroded materials

Question 4

sediment

Answer 4

sand bits of rock fossils and other matter cairred and deposted by water wind or ice

Question 5

delta

Answer 5

when over time sediment piles up near the mouth of the river

Question 6

sand dune

Answer 6

a mound or ridge of sand or other loose sediment formed by the wind

Question 7

land forms

Answer 7

a natrul feature of the earths surface

Question 8

crust

Answer 8

the thin outer layer of earth including dry land and the ocean floor

Question 9

mantle

Answer 9

the thick layer of earth beneath the crust

Question 10

core

Answer 10

the layer of earths center to the bottom of the mantle

Question 11

platetectmics

Answer 11

the theory that earths crust is divided into plates that are always moving

Question 12

earth quake

Answer 12

a shacking of earth surface that can cause land to rise and fall

Question 13

epicenter

Answer 13

the point on earth surface directly above the becase of an earth quake

Question 14

fualt

Answer 14

a break in earths crust where rock on one side moves in relate to rock on the other side