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| deposition | the process in which water, ice, wind and gravity drop newly formed sediments |
| erosion | the removal and transport of rock and soil by the flow of water and by the actions of gravity, wind and ice |
| geologist | a scientist who studies the solid and liquid matter that constitutes the Earth as well as the processes and history that has shaped it |
| geomorphologist | scientist who studies landforms and the processes that shape them |
| glaciologist | scientist who studies glaciers |
| hydrologist | scientist who studiesthe movement, distribution, and quality of water throughout Earth |
| plate tectonics | a scientific theory which describes the large scale motions of Earth's lithosphere. |
| seismologist | scientist who studies earthquakes |
| uplift | the process by which regions of the Earth's crust are raised to a higher elevation |
| volcanologist | scientist who studies volcanos |
| weathering | the process by which water, ice, heat and wind act to break down rock |
