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Weather and erosion
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Weathering | The process by which Earth's surface is broken down into smaller pieces |
| Erosion | After pieces of the Earth are broken down through weather those pieces are moved through a moving things from one place to another. |
| Deposition | The Earth are carried by erosion they are deposited somewhere else |
| Liquid Nitrogen | Compressed really hard 19 6° F and is used to freeze things very quickly |
| Glacier | A slowly moving mask of iced form by the buildup of snow they are usually found on mountains the Earth where it is cool movement of glaciers can cause weathering and erosion |
| Grand Canyon | A $5,000 foot deep Canyon located in Arizona it was curved by Colorado River of one of the best examples of weathering and erosion |
| Mushroom rocks | Natural occurring rocks that look like a mushroom they can be formed when saying gets in a rock this weather's bottom of the rock more than the top |
| Mudslides | A large amount of mud mixed water that slides down a mountain due to gravity it's used destruction. |