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The process that wears away or breaks down rock.
What is weathering?
A 4 pointed symbol that shows which way North, South, East and West are.
What is a compass rose?
A long, elevated piece of ground.
What is a plateau?
Formed the Grand Canyon.
What is the Colorado River?
The movement of the tectonic plates and their rubbing together in an area with lots of underground pressure.
What is what causes volcanoes and earthquakes?
Something observed that can be used to confirm or deny an idea.
What is evidence?
A type of rock made by molten lava or magma.
What is igneous?
A long, narrow, sunken area on the floor of the ocean.
What is a trench?
Metals and gems.
What are the two groups of minerals?
An area in the Pacific Ocean that is ringed with volcanoes.
What is the ring of fire?
The process by which particles are removed from land by wind, ice or water.
What is erosion?
A type of rock formed by sediment.
What is sedimentary?
A deep, narrow area between mountains.
What is a canyon.?
The process by which particles removed by erosion are deposited elsewhere.
What is deposition?
The process by which rocks break down and become other rocks.
What is the rock cycle?
Any natural or man made object on a map, such as a mountain or a road.
What is a feature?
A type of rock formed when particles of other rock are combined with the forces of great heat or pressure.
What is metamorphic?
A very large sheet of slow moving ice.
What is a glacier?
Cooled, dry magma outside of the Earth's crust.
What is lava?
Organic matter broken down and mixed in with the dirt that makes the soil rich.
What is humus?
An explanation on a map for the meaning of the symbols on the map.
What is a legend or a key?
An area where tectonic plates meet, usually looks like a crack.
What is a fault?
The property that describes how a mineral reflects light.
What is luster?
Smaller than a plateau, this feature is a small-ish hill with steep sides and a flat top.
What is a butte?
The delicious snack made from ground chick peas that should NEVER be confused with humus!
What is hummus?