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Depostion
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Small islands that form during the constructive process
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Constructive force
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It builds up the land
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Erosion
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A destructive force
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Destructive force
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It wears down the land
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Sediment
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Material that is broken down by processes of weathering and erosion
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Weathering and erosion
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Can form a sea stack
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Two types of weathering
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Chemical and mechanical
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Delta
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A low plain that forms where a river enters the ocean
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Which most likely carved out the canyon's steep side
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A river
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Which can cause weathering but not erosion?
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Chemicals reacting
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Which process breaks rock into smaller pieces without changing the type of rock
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Mechanical weathering
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Crust
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The outermost layer of the earth
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Lithosphere is composed of
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Solid upper mantle and crust
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Focus of an earthquake
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The point underground where faulting occurs
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Mantle
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Layer of the earth between the crust and outer core
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