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SCIENCE vocabalry
science words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| constructive forces | builds surface of the earth |
| delta | a deposit or silt formed whereever a raivere emptys |
| destructive forces | lowers surface of the earth |
| sand dunes | a mound of sand that is deposited by the wind |
| depostion | process of moving sdement to a new place |
| faults | a crack in layers of rock where movment has happened |
| earthquake | vibration of Earth by enegy stored by faults |
| erosion | carrying away weathered soil and rock on the surface of the earth by wind water and grafity |
| decompsers | an orginism that obtains energry by decaying organic metal |
| weathering | the action of secompastion of solid near the earth's surface |
| orgsnisms | living thing |
| levee | long narrow enbankment uesed to protect land from being flooded |
| seismologic studies | the study of earthquakes and the structure of the Earth |
| Beach Reclatmmation | the process of restablishing a beach after alot of erosions |
| flood control | disined to reduceflow and inpact of floods |
| volcano | when tectonic plates move makeing lava comes out of the group melts and form a mounton |
| dam | a barrier thecontrols flowing water and breaking water |