| A | B |
| METAMORPHISM | ROCKS UNDERGO CHANGES IN COMPOSITION AND TEXTURE |
| WEATHERING | BREAKS ROCKS INTO SMALLER PIECES OR CHANGES THEIR CHEMICAL COMPOSITION |
| FAULT | A FRACTURE IN A MASS OF ROCK IN WHICH MOVEMENT OCCURS |
| MORAINS | RIDGES OF BOULDERS AND ROCK FRAGMENTS DEPOSITED BY A GLACIER |
| MINERALS | HAVE A DEFINITE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND MOLECULAR STRUCTURE |
| INTRUSIVE | MAGMA THAT COOLED SLOWLY, LARGE MINERAL GRAINS |
| EXTRUSIVE | MAGMA THAT COOLED QUICKLY, FINE MINERAL GRAINS |
| LANDSLIDE | WEATHERED ROCK AND SOIL ARE SUDDENLY LOOSENED AND SLIP DOWN SLOPE |
| WATERSHED | LAND THAT SUPPLIES WATER FOR A LARGE NETWORK OF STREAMS |
| WATER TABLE | TOP OF THE SATURATION ZONE IN PERMEABLE ROCK |
| MUDFLOW | OCCURS IN DRY MTN REGIONS WHEN HEAVY RAINS SATURATE SEDIMENT MOVING IT DOWN SLOPE |
| CREEP | SLOW MASS MOVEMENT THAT TAKES PLACE ON MOST SLOPES |
| CAVERNS | MAY FORM WHEN GROUNDWATER DISSOLVES LIMESTONE |
| GRANITE | EXAMPLE OF INTRUSIVE IGNEOUS ROCK |
| OBSIDIAN | EXAMPLE OF EXTRUSIVE IGNEOUS ROCK |
| FOLIATED | METAMORPHIC ROCK WITH PARALLEL MINERAL GRAIN LAYERS |
| NONFOLIATED | METAMORPHIC ROCKS WITH NO MINERAL GRAIN LAYERS |
| GLACIERS | MASSES OF FLOWING ICE |
| LOESS | TYPE OF SAND DEPOSIT CAUSED BY WIND |
| LIMESTONE | EXAMPLE OF A SEDIMENTARY ROCK |