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Earth’s Changing Surface

Earth’s Changing Surface. Vocabulary. Arch An arching landform created by weathering and erosion. Delicate Arch. Landscape Arch. Butte A steep, flat-topped hill created by erosion. Merrick Butte - within the Navajo Tribal Park. North side of West Mitten Butte, along the Wildcat Trail.

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Earth’s Changing Surface

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  1. Earth’s Changing Surface Vocabulary

  2. ArchAn arching landform created by weathering and erosion. Delicate Arch Landscape Arch

  3. 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

  4. EarthquakeShaking or trembling of the earth caused by movement along a fault.

  5. ErodeTo wear away. Eroding bluff edges

  6. 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.

  7. FaultA break or fracture in the crust of Earth. The San Andreas Fault

  8. GeologicalHaving to do with geology, the study of Earth.

  9. DepositionThe process of layering sediments.

  10. GlacierSlow-moving masses of snow and ice that carry rock and dirt. Perito Moreno Glacier Patagonia Argentina

  11. UpliftUpward movement of Earth’s crust. Kupe's Sail New Zealand

  12. VolcanoVents in Earth's crust that lava and steam can travel through. Cleveland Volcano in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska

  13. 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

  14. Bryce Geology is an exemplary result of three major geological forces deposition, uplift, and erosion.

  15. Weathering vs. Erosion • Weathering breaks it down. • Erosion carries it away.

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