Earth Science

A destructive process where Earth materials such as rocks and soil are broken down into smaller parts. It can also break down roads, buildings, and other materials humans make.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

The movement of materials from one place to another by natural methods. It can be a destructive process, such as when a landslide moves material from the top of a mountain.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

A constructive process whereby soil and rock that are eroded from one location are deposited as sediment in another location. As the sediment from a river is deposited at the mouth of a river over time, new land is created, which is called a delta. An example is the Mississippi delta.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Deposition

The area where two or more tectonic plates meet and show movement is called a

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Fault

These can be found where faults are located under the ocean

• Trench

• Glacier

• Ridge

• Volcano

Sheets of very old ice that are the size of states and that move along Earth’s surface

• Trench

• Glacier

• Ridge

• Volcano

Formed when tectonic plates collide and both push up

• Trench

• Glacier

• Ridge

• Volcano

A break in Earth’s crust that lets magma come out from the mantle and onto Earth’s surface.

• Trench

• Glacier

• Ridge

• Volcano

Happens when tectonic plates suddenly slide around

• Earthquake

• Tsunami

• Landslide

• Floods

When earthquakes happen underwater, they can cause ____.

• Earthquake

• Tsunami

• Landslide

• Floods