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The settling of sediment
deposition
Delta
A fan shaped deposit of earth materials at the mouth of a stream
bits of dead plants and animal parts in the soil
humus
Pebble
the largest category of rock pieces; components of soil
an opening in the earth's crust where lava, cinders, ash and gases come to the surface.
the angle of the land over which water flows
slope
Erosion
the carrying away of weathered earth material: water, wind and ice.
rocks that are smaller than gravel but bigger than clay
silt
deposition
the settling of sediment
What is Superposition
the principle that lower rock layers are older and higher layers of rock are younger.
any natural resource that makes up earth including soil and water.
earth materials
Gravel
rocks that are smaller than pebbles but bigger than sand
A fan shaped deposit of earth materials at the mouth of a stream
Slope
the angle of the land over which water flows
contour lines that are numbed with the elevation
the largest category of rock pieces; components of soil
Pebble
Earth Materials
any natural resource that makes up earth including soil and water.
the smallest category of rock pieces; component of soil
clay
Index Contours
contour lines that are numbed with the elevation
rocks that are smaller than pebbles but bigger than sand
gravel
an opening in the earth's crust where lava, cinders, ash and gases come to the surface.
Volcano
Humus
bits of dead plants and animal parts in the soil
the carrying away of weathered earth material
-water, wind and ice
erosion
clay
the smallest category of rock pieces; component of soil
SILT
rocks that are smaller than gravel but bigger than clay