Earth’s Changing Surface
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Earth’s Changing Surface
Vocabulary
ArchAn arching landform created by weathering and erosion.
Delicate Arch Landscape Arch
ButteA steep, flat-topped hill
created by erosion.
Merrick Butte - within the Navajo Tribal Park North side of West Mitten Butte, along the Wildcat Trail
EarthquakeShaking or trembling of the earth
caused by movement along a fault.
ErodeTo wear away.
Eroding bluff edges
ErosionRemoval of rocks and dirt
by wind, water and ice.
Erosion due to wave pounding at Venus Bay,South Australia.
A rock formation in the Altiplano, Bolivia sculpted by wind erosion.
FaultA break or fracture in the crust of Earth.
The San Andreas Fault
GeologicalHaving to do with geology,
the study of Earth.
DepositionThe process of layering sediments.
GlacierSlow-moving masses of snow
and ice that carry rock and dirt.
Perito Moreno Glacier Patagonia Argentina
UpliftUpward movement of Earth’s crust.
Kupe's Sail New Zealand
VolcanoVents in Earth's crust that lava and steam can travel through.
Cleveland Volcano in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska
WeatheringThe process of breaking down rock and other materials into smaller pieces.
Salt weathering of sandstone near Qobustan, Azerbaijan..
A freshly broken rock shows differential chemical weathering (probably mostly oxidation) progressing inward. This piece of sandstone was found in glacial drift near Angelica, New York
Bryce Geology is an exemplary result of three major geological forces deposition, uplift, and erosion.
Weathering vs.
Erosion• Weathering
breaks it down.• Erosion carries it
away.