A physical feature on Earth’s surface
landforms
or
or
or
The process of breaking rock into soil, sand, and other
tiny pieces
weathering
to
to
(Because of wind, water, ice, etc.)
The process of moving sediment from one place to
another.
erosion
BEFORE EROSION
AFTER EROSION
The process of dropping, or depositing, sediment in a new
location
deposition
Sediment
deposited
(moves)
here
The downhill movement of rock and soil because of
gravity
mass movement
The thin, outer, layer of Earth
crust
mantle
The layer of rock beneath the Earth’s Crust
The Center of the Earth
core
A rigid block of crust and upper mantle rock
plate
Molten rock from Earth’s mantle
magma
A mountain formed by lava and ash
volcano
A shaking of the ground caused by a sudden release of
energy in the Earth’s crust
earthquake
A break or place where pieces of the Earth’s crust move
fault
A theory of how the Earth’s continents move over its
surface
continental drift
A supercontinent containing all of Earth’s land existing
about 225 million years ago.
Pangea
The remains or traces of past life found in sedimentary
rock
fossil