Unit 4 Vocab

6. The settling of particles or sediments as a result of weathering. When sediments drop out of a stream of water.
8. Landform that forms from deposition of sediment carried by a river to a body of water.
9. Sudden occurrence of a violent release of steam or magma.
11. Two or more tectonic plates move away from one another.
12. The layer of Earth where convection currents occur.

1. Two or more tectonic plates move toward one another and collide.
2. A region where two tectonic plates meet and one slips underneath the other.
3. The top layer of the Earth. Also the Thinnest layer.
4. The process in the rock cycle where rocks are broken down by wind, water, ice, or heat.
5. The slow moving circular motion of magma in the mantle
7. Places where tectonic plates slide past one another. This can cause earthquakes.
10. The process where rocks and other land features are broken down and carried away after weathering.