1. Surface Features of the Earth By: Malorie Little All fun facts are in GREEN!!!

2. Deposition  Deposition can cause sand dunes, DELTAS, and meanders.  The dropping or depositing of sand.  Many types of deposition are found along the course of a river. * Fun fact: You can remember what deposition is by DD ( dropping= deposit)*

3. WIW!!!  Erosion is caused by water, ice, and wind.  If you don’t know, erosion is the wearing down of earth’s surface. * Fun fact: You can remember the causes of erosion by WIW!!!*

4. Soil  When weathered rock and organic matter are mixed together they form soil.  There are 3 layers of soil, Topsoil, Subsoil, and Bedrock.

5. Dams  A way to protect you from floods.  Keeps water in.

6. Levees  Also a way to protect you from a flood.  Keeps water FROM coming in.

7. When water freezes, it expands. *Fun fact: Don’t forget the contracting. When you put a glass bottle filled with water in the freezer it will break because the water expanded and broke the bottle*

8. Mountains are formed when rock layers are pushed up. * Fun fact: Everest mountain is the tallest mountain on earth.*

9. Seismograph  Seismographs are a tool used by SEISMOLOGISTS ( people who study earthquakes) to see the SEISMOGRAM ( record of how strong earthquake is)

10. Converging and Diverging  These cause earthquakes when they are slid against each other, bumped against each other, or pushed against each other. They look like this 

11. Volcanoes  A volcano is formed when gas and hot melted rock, called magma, escape through a crack in the crust.  It caused the Hawaiian islands to form.  It also caused the islands of Japan to form.

12. A glacier is a mass of snow and ice in motion.