Weathering and Erosion

Liquid Nitrogen

A five-thousand-foot-deep canyon located in Arizona. It was carved by the Colorado River over millions of years.

Mudslides

Weathering

An extremely cold liquid made from nitrogen gas being squeezed really hard and is used to freeze things very quickly.

Deposition means to deposit things somewhere else.

A slowly moving mass of ice formed by the buildup of snow.

Deposition

The process of moving things from one place to another.

Grand Canyon

A large amount of mud mixed with water that slides down a mountain due to gravity.

The process by which earth’s surface is broken down into smaller pieces.

Glacier

Erosion

Naturally occurring rocks that look like a mushroom. They can be formed when sand gets carried by wind and hits the rock. This weathers the bottom of the rock more than the top.

Mushroom Rocks