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Geology vocabulary

Published on May 24, 2021

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Geology vocabulary

By: Katya
Photo by Jesse Bowser

Basin

A low-lying area where water may accumulate
Photo by Fab Lentz

Bedrock

Type of earth that forms cliff
Photo by * RICCIO

Calcite

This is a (rock)mineral with different colours
Photo by cobalt123

Caldera

A volcanic landform created when part of the land collapses
Photo by Trey Ratcliff

Cenozoic

An era when mammals exist; means “recent animal life”
Photo by RuggyBearLA

Coal

A rock that can be burned to release stored energy
Photo by oatsy40

compaction

Make something big-small and compact.
Photo by Krypto

Continental drift

The theory that the continents had once been one big continent that broke up and moved around to their present-day positions
Photo by Andras Kovacs

Continental shelf

A relatively shallow area of the ocean, usually less than 200 meters deep, that surrounds a continent; the flooded part of a continent

Converge

Come together
Photo by david.gill12

Cross section

The surface that is revealed when something is cut through,

Crossedding

Crossbedding patterns in rock resulting from sand dunes that were blown into patterns by the wind
Photo by D-Stanley

crust

Layer of earth
Photo by rabiem22

crystal

 (Mineral) Kind of a rock
Photo by cobalt123

Deposition

To give
Photo by Keith Jonson

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Dome

Formed when magma pushes up from below Earth’s surface but doesn’t erupt.
Photo by Cyrus Crossan

Dormant

In terms of volcanoes.
Photo by scott1346

earthquake

When earth start shaking and many buildings and earth breaks 
Photo by digitalsadhu

Erosion

The carrying away of weathered earth materials by water, wind, or ice
Photo by juantiagues

Fault

A hole in Earth’s crust where movement move.
Photo by Dean Hochman

Flood

A large amount of water flowing over land
Photo by waldopepper

Fossil

Parts of living things in the earth crust

Geyser

The hole in the ground that field with water and explodes in some time.
Photo by Igor Shturma

Glacier

The giant piece of ice that moving.
Photo by Trey Ratcliff

Hoodoo

A cliff with different peaces 
Photo by thor_mark 

Igneous rock

A rock that forms when melted rock lava hardens
Photo by kevinzim

lava

Really hot liquid 

Magma

Like a lava, but hotter
Photo by pierre c. 38

Mantle

 The layer of Earth below the crust
Photo by ActionVance

Metamorphic rock

A rock that has changed from another rock because of heat.
Photo by Al_HikesAZ

Plate tectonics

A theory that says Earth’s outer layers are made of moving plates

sediment

Material that is deposited by water, wind, or ice
Photo by Lanzen

Sedimentary rock

 A rock that forms when layers of sediments get stuck together.
Photo by arbyreed

Subduction

When one tectonic plate slides under another
Photo by the bridge

Weathering

The process by which larger rocks crack and break apart
Photo by AGrinberg