Sammie Hampton

a mountain made up of mostly of rock layers folded by being sqeezing together

a mountain made by huge titled blocks of rocks

the breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces

the picked up and removal of rock particals

soil is loose, weathered rock that can support the growth of rooted plants

material in soil formed by breaking of plants and animal material

any of the layers of soil from the surface to the bedrock below

water that soaks into soil and rock

the downhill movement of earth material caused by gravity

the dropping off of sediment

a huge sheet of ice and snow

a jumble of many sizes of sediment

a deposit of many sizes of sediment

a naturally occurring solid in earth's crust

a rock that forms when hot, liquid lava cools and hardens into a solid

a rock that forms from pieces of other rocks that are squeezed together

a rock that is formed by heat, pressure, or a chemical reaction 

Rocks continually changing from one kind into another in a never ending process

the idea that in a series of rock layers

the age of a rock as compared with another rock

a listing of earth's rocks layers in order from oldest to youngest

trace,imprint, or remains of a living thing preserved in earth's crust

the remains of a living thing that was widespread but lived for only a short part of earth's history

time it takes for half the mass of radioactive elements in a rock to break apart, or decay, into other elements

the age of a rock in years

one of the four long stretches of time in earth's history