Geoscience Processes Vocab

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​Study of the Earth

​Geoscience

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​the time allowed/ taken by a process or sequence of events

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​Time Scale

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​a natural feature of the Earth's surface

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​Landform

​the breakdown of rock into smaller particles from the effects of wind, water, and ice.

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​​Weathering

​The process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another

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Erosion​

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to settle gradually in layers​

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Deposition​

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A theory stating that the earth's surface is broken into plates that move.​

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​Plate tectonics

the movement of a mass of rock, debris, or earth down a slope.​​

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​Landslide

​The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other

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​Divergent Boundary

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A tectonic plate boundary where two plates collide, come together, or crash into each other.​

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​Convergent Boundary

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The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally​​

​Transform Boundary

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