Weathering and Erosion Vocabulary Gen Genius

Grand Canyon

• Naturally occurring rocks that look like a mushroom.

• It was carved by the Colorado River over millions of years and is one of the best examples of weathering and erosion.

• A slowly moving mass of ice formed by the buildup of snow.

• They are usually found on mountains or near the poles of the Earth where it is cold. Movement of glaciers can cause weathering and erosion.

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Erosion

• The process by which earth’s surface is broken down into smaller pieces.

• An extremely cold liquid made from nitrogen gas.

• It’s the process of moving things from one place to another.

• A slowly moving mass of ice formed by the buildup of snow.

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Glacier

• A slowly moving mass of ice formed by the buildup of snow.

• They can be formed when sand gets carried by wind and hits the rock. This weathers the bottom of the rock more than the top.

• After pieces of the Earth are broken down through weathering, those pieces are moved.

• The process by which earth’s surface is broken down into smaller pieces.

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Liquid Nitrogen

• They are usually found on mountains or near the poles of the Earth where it is cold. Movement of glaciers can cause weathering and erosion.

• A large amount of mud mixed with water that slides down a mountain due to gravity.

• Naturally occurring rocks that look like a mushroom.

• It is -321 degrees Celsius (-196 degrees Fahrenheit) and is used to freeze things very quickly.

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Mushroom Rock

• A slowly moving mass of ice formed by the buildup of snow.

• They can be formed when sand gets carried by wind and hits the rock. This weathers the bottom of the rock more than the top.

• After pieces of the Earth are carried by erosion they are deposited somewhere else.

• The process by which earth’s surface is broken down into smaller pieces.

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Weathering

• An extremely cold liquid made from nitrogen gas being squeezed (compressed) really hard.

• A five-thousand-foot-deep canyon located in Arizona.

• The process by which earth’s surface is broken down into smaller pieces.

• A large amount of mud mixed with water that slides down a mountain due to gravity.

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Mudslides

• A large amount of mud mixed with water that slides down a mountain due to gravity.

• It was carved by the Colorado River over millions of years and is one of the best examples of weathering and erosion.

• A slowly moving mass of ice formed by the buildup of snow.

• Deposition means to deposit things somewhere else.

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Deposition

• The process by which earth’s surface is broken down into smaller pieces.

• Naturally occurring rocks that look like a mushroom.

• After pieces of the Earth are carried by erosion they are deposited somewhere else.

• A large amount of mud mixed with water that slides down a mountain due to gravity.