Chapter two information in Landforms Flashcards
1
Q
What is Subduction?
A
The process in which one plate slides underneath another.
2
Q
What is Weathering?
A
the breaking down of rocks
3
Q
What is erosion?
A
the moving of broken up pieces of rock
4
Q
What is deposition?
A
the building up of eroded materials in a new location
5
Q
What is glaciation?
A
the process of ice advancing and covering large areas of land
6
Q
What is plate tectonics?
A
the theory that Earths outer shell is made up of individual plates that move
causing earthquakes, volcanoes, mountains, and formation and destruction of areas of the crust
