Earth Surfaces

_______ is the disintegration and decomposition of rocks and minerals by natural processes.

• Weathering

• Butte

• Erosion

• Deposition

loosens and carries away rock debris

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

is the depositing and accumulation of natural materials by a gradual process.

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

are naturally occurring openings in the surface of the Earth through which molten, gaseous, and solid material is ejected

• mountian

• canyon

• volcanoes

• earthquake

are violent shaking of the Earth's crust that may cause destruction to buildings and results from the sudden release of tectonic stress along a fault line or from volcanic activity

• volcanoes

• earthquakes

• mountian

• butte

is a hill that rises abruptly from a flat area of land, with steep sides and a flat top.

• mountian

• volcanoes

• arch

• butte

is a relatively flat elevated area with steep sides which have been weathered and eroded away

• butte

• mesa

• mountian

• river

is a high and often rocky area of a land mass with steep or sloping sides

• montian

• river

• canyon

• mesa

is a deep narrow valley with steep sides, often with a stream running through it

• canyon

• river

• lake

• arch

is a curved structure formed by wind abrasion and water erosion.

• arch

• river

• ocean

• canyon