Earth Science Review

3. The process in which sediment is dropped or settles in a new location, forming landforms like deltas or dunes.
4. Breeze A local wind that blows from the land toward the ocean at night.
6. A triangle-shaped landform created by the deposition of sediment at the mouth of a river.
11. The process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity breaks down rocks into smaller pieces called sediment.
12. The hard, rigid, thinnest surface layer of the Earth that includes the crust.
13. The process where a denser oceanic plate is pushed under a less dense continental plate.
14. The measurement of how tightly packed particles are; warm air rises because it has a lower amount of this than cool air.
16. Breeze A local wind that blows from the ocean toward the land during the day.
17. A plate boundary where two plates slide past each other, often causing earthquakes.
19. The transfer of heat energy through direct contact between two objects.
20. The transfer of thermal energy by the movement of heated material in the mantle or air in the atmosphere.

1. A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other, resulting in mountain building or subduction.
2. Rock formed when layers of sediment are compressed and glued together over time.
5. A plate boundary where two tectonic plates move away from each other, often creating a rift valley or mid-ocean ridge.
7. The plastic-like layer of the mantle where convection currents occur, causing tectonic plates to move.
8. Rock formed when existing rock is subjected to intense heat and pressure deep within the Earth.
9. The transfer of energy from the Sun to Earth through electromagnetic waves.
10. Heat The property that describes how much energy is needed to raise the temperature of a substance.
15. The process by which sediment is moved from one location to another by wind, water, ice, or gravity.
18. A type of rock formed from the cooling and hardening of magma or lava.