vocabulary 12

Fault: a crack in the crust, whose sides show evidence of motion.

geologist: a scientist who studies Earht.

magma: hot, molten rock deep below Earht's surface.

lava: magma that reaches Earht's surface.

weathering: the breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces.

erosion: the picking up and carrying away of pieces of rock.

deposition: the dropping off of bits of eroded rock.

meteorite:  a chunk of rock from space that strikes a surface (such as Earth or the Moon)