Geologic Process & History

3. includes all living organisms.
4. solid to liquid
5. includes all of Earth’s water, while the atmosphere includes all the gasses that surround Earth.
8. process by which eroded materials are dropped, or laid down
10. weathering is mechanical breakdown rocks into smaller pieces
11. fragments of weathered rock
12. system all the matter, energy, and processes within the boundary from Earth’s core to the outer edge of the atmosphere
13. naturally occurring and usually inorganic solid with a definite chemical composition and orderly internal structure
15. are the traces or remains of once-living organisms. They are commonly preserved in rock.
18. liquid to solid (cools)
20. plate large moving pieces that make up Earth’s surface
21. glue together
22. includes all rocks, minerals, and landforms. It also includes matter in Earth’s interior.

1. current the slow cycling of Earth’s interior material due to temperature and density differences
2. process by which rock materials are broken down by the action of physical and chemical processes
5. & Pressure compress + squeeze
6. rock rock formed when existing rock is exposed to large changes in temperature, pressure, or both
7. squeeze together
9. weathering is the breakdown and decomposition of rocks due to chemical reactions.
14. process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transport weathered materials from one location to another
16. rock rocks formed from sediments that are compacted or cemented together by new new minerals
17. tectonics the theory that describes how Earth’s outer layer is made up of moving plates
19. rock rocks formed from cooling lava