Vocabulary #8

1.Fault: A crack in the crust,whose sides show evidence of motions.

2.Geologist: A scientist who study earth.

3.Magma: Hot,molten rock deep below eart"s surface.

4.Lava: Magma that reaches earth surface.

5.Weathering: The breacking of rocksinto smaller pieces.

6.Erosion: The picking up and carrying away of pieces of rock.

7.Deposition: The dropping off of bits of eroded rock.

8.Meteorite: A chunk of rock from space that strikes a surface (such as earth on the moon).