Formation & stones Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Geology | Scientific study of the origin, history ans structure of earth. |
Weathering | The procces of breaking down rock. |
Erosion | The movement of sediment from one location to a other. |
Deposition | Depositing sediment in a new location. |
Sediment | Material that settels at the bottom of a liquid. |
Glacier | A huge mass of ice slowly flowing over a land mass, formed from compacted snow in an area where snow acumulates axceeds mealting. |
Acid rain | Rain containing acids that form in the atmosphere when industrial gas emissions combine with water. |
Limestone | A type of sedimentary rock consisting of a mineral calcium carbonate. |
Gravity | A force of attraction that pulls objects near its surface toward earth center |
4 agents of weathering erosion and deposition | 1)Water 2)Ice 3)Wind 4)Gravity |
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