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Science Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A large amount of water covering land that is usually dry. | Floods |
| A slow destructive process that breaks down rocks on the surface of the Earth. | Weathering |
| The breaking of rock into smaller pieces by gravity, ice, plant roots or other factors | Mechanical Weathering/Physical Weathering |
| The changing of material in a rock by chemical process | Chemical Weathering |
| Mass movements of land by gravity | Landslides |
| Vibrations on Earth's surface caused by sudden | Earthquakes |
| an opening in earth's crust through which steam, lava, and ashes erupt | Volcanoes |
| the placing of materials in a new place | Deposition |
| The movement of materials away from one place | Erosion |
| A small island located near a coastline | Barrier Island |
| the continues flow of water along a path in the ocean | current |
| Ocean current caused by differences in water temperature or salinity | deep ocean current |
| opening between barrier islands | inlet |
| current caused by the wind moving over the ocean | surface current |
| the daily rising and falling of earth's waters on its' coasts | tide |