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Micah Ranel
Changes of Earth
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Landforms | A phisical feature on Earth's surface |
| Mass Movement | The downhill movement of rock and soil because of gravity |
| Plate | A rigid block of crist and upper mantel rock |
| Fault | A break or place where pieces of earth's crust move |
| wearthering | the process of breaking rock into soil sand and other tiny pieces |
| crust | the thin outer layer of earth |
| magma | Molten rock from earth's mantle |
| Continental Drift | The theory of how earth's continents move over its surface |
| Erosion | The process of moving sediment from one place to another |
| Mantle | The layer of rock beneath earth's crust |
| Volcanoe | A mountain formed by lava and ash |
| pangea | A supercontinent containing all of Earth's land that existed about 225 million years ago |
| Deposition |