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| a crack in the earth's crust |
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| Person who studies the earth |
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| hot molten rock deep below the earth's surface |
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| magma that reaches the earth's surface |
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| the breaking down of the materials of the Earth's crust into smaller pieces |
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| picking up and carrying away pieces of rock |
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| the dropping off of bits of eroded rock |
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| the area from which water is drained |
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| pieces of material carried and deposited by water or wind |
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| a rock formed when melted rock material cools and hardens |
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| a rock formed under haet and pressure from another kind of rock |
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| rocks changing from one into another in an never-ending serioes of processes |
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| decayed plant or animal material in the soil |
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| a V-shaped valley eroded by a river |
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| a low area between hills and mountains, often where a river flows |
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| a curve or loop in a river |
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| the land that gets covered by water from a stream or river during a flood |
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| a fan-shaped deposit at the mouth of a river |
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| a rock made of bits of matter joined together |
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