Science Vocabulary

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Earthquake

• a pit or hole in the ground created by an explosion such as a volcanic eruption, or from the impact of a meteorite

• a geological process most often caused by plate tectonics which increases elevation.

•  the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth’s crust that creates seismic waves.

• the process by which overlying rock layers or sediments compress the spaces between underlying particles. This is one form of lithification.

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a geological process most often caused by plate tectonics which increases elevation.

• Crater

• Rock Cycle

• Paleoenvironment

• Uplift

Lithospheric plates

• a massive, irregularly shaped slab of solid rock, generally composed of both continental and oceanic lithosphere (also called tectonic plates); part of plate tectonics.

• an opening, or rupture, in a planet’s surface or crust, which allows hot, molten rock, ash and gases to escape from below the surface.

• molten rock deep within the Earth

• also called a high plain or tableland, is an area of high elevation land, usually consisting of relatively flat terrain.

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Volcano

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The geological process ​by which material is added to a ​landform or land mass:

• Lithification

• Deposition

• Togography

• Geology

A large uplifted plateau roughly centered on the four corners region (____, Arizona, _____, and New Mexico) of the southwestern United States.

Landslide

• A scientific term used to describe the internal and external forces that shape the physical makeup of the Earth.

• The downslope movement, under gravity, of masses of soil and rock material; includes a wide range of ground movement, such as rockfall, slump, and debris slide.

•  Geologic process in which one edge of a crustal plate descends below another.

•  Geological process most often caused by plate tectonics which increases elevation.

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When various rocks are exposed to heat and/or pressure changing or nothing them over time.

What is this?

• A lake

• A mountain

• A volcano

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