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The process of weathered material being carried away to a new location.
Erosion
The process of rocks breaking down into smaller pieces.
Weathering
What kind of rock is formed from magma and lava?
Igneous
The process of eroded material settling down into one place.
Deposition
What type of soil contains all three soil textures--sand, silt, and clay?
Loamy soil
A fossil fuel that mostly forms above places in earth's crust that have oil.
Natural gas
A fossil fuel make from dead plants that lived long ago.
Coal
___________ resources can be made again after they are used.
Renewable
If weathered rock is the same as the rock it came from, ___________ has happened.
Physical weathering
Put the following terms in the order that they happen: erosion, deposition, and weathering
Weathering, erosion, deposition
Glaciers can form lakes due to ___________.
Erosion
The flat part of the ocean floor that covers most of the ocean floor.
Abyssal Plain
___________ resources cannot be made again after they are used.
Nonrenewable
What two things are ocean landforms created by?
Underwater volcanoes and the movement of plates under the earth's crust.
What are the traits of minerals?
A mineral cannot be something that is alive or was once alive.
An old volcano with a flat top.
Guyot
What two processes does wind and water help with?
Erosion and weathering
If weathered rock is different from the rock it came from, ___________ has happened.
Chemical Weathering
A volcano whose top rises out of the water.
Volcanic Island
A rounded mound with a low elevation underwater.
Abyssal hill
A deep hole that is often part of a river that flows into the ocean.
Underwater Canyon
A place where magma comes out of the mantle onto the ocean crust and forms volcanoes and islands.
Hot spot
A very deep, long hole in the ocean floor.
Trench