Slow Changes Vocab

the breaking up of rock and/or the Earth’s surface

• erosion
• deposition
• weathering
• sediment

Broken down rock and material that is settles to the bottom of a liquid

• erosion
• weathering
• deposition
• sediment

When broken rock and/or the Earth’s surface settles in another location

• deposition
• sediment
• erosion
• weathering

A large body of ice that moves across the Earth’s surface due to gravity

• landforms
• glacier
• natural 
• fresh water

Provide scientists with a way to compare organisms that lived long ago and those existing today

• natural
• man-made
• fossil
• landforms

A natural feature of the Earth’s surface

• natural
• man-made
• constructive
• landforms

Made or caused by humans, artificial

• natural
• man-made
• constructive
• deconstructive

Existing in or caused by nature, not made by humans

• natural
• man-made
• constructive
• deconstructive

    Changes to the Earth’s surface that occur over a long period of time

• erosion
• weathering
• slow changes
• sediment

Causing damage

• constructive
• deconstructive
• erosion
• deposition