Earth's+Changes+Vocabulary

=__Science Language You Should Know and Use.__= = **Arch** - an arching land form created by weathering and erosion. = = **Butte** - a steep, flat-topped hill created by erosion. = = **Earthquake**- shaking or trembling of the earth caused by movement along a fault. = = **Erode** - to wear away. = = **Erosion** - removal of rocks and dirt by wind, water and ice from one place to another. = = **Fault** - a break or fracture in the crust of earth. = = **Geological** - having to do with geology, the study of earth. = = **Deposition** - the process of layering sediments, deposite of. = = **Glacier** - slow-moving masses of snow and ice that carry rock and dirt. A river of ice. = = **Uplift** - upward movement of Earth’s crust. = = **Volcano** - vents in Earth's crust that lava and steam can travel through. = = **Weathering** - the process of breaking down rock and other materials into smaller pieces. = = **Weathering breaks it down. Erosion carries it away. Deposition deposits.** =