Topic 8 Vocabulary

Which terms describes:

The principle that states Earth’s geologic processes operate the same today in which they operated in the past to change Earth’s surface

• uniformitarianism

• equality

• stability

• principle of renewal

Which terms describes:

The process by which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves weathered particles of rock and soil

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• deflation

Which terms describes:

The process of sediment being laid down in a new location

• weathering

• erosion

• deposition

• deflation

Which terms describes:

The process of wind removing (weathering) materials from Earth’s surface

• weathering

• plucking

• deposition

• deflation

Which terms describes:

The process by which a glacier picks up rocks as it moves across the land

• weathering

• plucking

• deposition

• deflation

Which terms describes:

The type of weathering in which rocks are physically broken down into smaller particles

• chemical weathering

• mechanical weathering

• compaction

• deflation

Which terms describes:

The process of breaking down rocks through chemical change

• chemical weathering

• mechanical weathering

• compaction

• deflation

Which terms describes:

The process of sediment being moved downhill by gravity

• mass movement

• deflation

• plucking

• weathering

Which terms describes:

A large mass of ice that moves slowly across the surface of Earth

• iceberg

• glacier

• tundra

• fjord

Which terms describes:

A glacier that covers much of a continent or large island

• valley glacier

• fjord

• tundra

• continental glacier