Earth Science Review

What is weathering?

• this happens when rocks break apart, wear away, or dissolve into smaller particles, or when the materials in the rock are changed

• a huge area of slow-moving ice

What is sediment?

• a force that pulls things toward the center of Earth

• material that comes from the weathering of rock

What is erosion?

• the moving of sediment from one place to another

• the laying down of sediment and rock in a new place

What is deposition?

• the moving of sediment from one place to another

• the laying down of sediment and rock in a new place

What are sand dunes?

• a landform caused when wind deposits sand

• material that comes from the weathering of rock

What is glacier?

• a huge area of slow-moving ice

• a landform caused when wind deposits sand

What is an organism?

• a living thing

• a rock

What is gravity?

• a force that pulls things toward the center of Earth

• a moving object

What is a landslide?

• a rapid movement of rock, soil, and other material down a hill or mountain

• melted rock that flows from a volcano onto Earth's surface

What is a fault?

• a break in Earth's surface where huge slabs of rock some together

• melted rock inside Earth