| petrified | | breaking of the rock layers |
| erosion | | wearing away of mountains and valleys |
| terrain | | type of wood which is turned into rock |
| soil | | small stream portion of river |
| seismograph | | land forms which contains caves and sinkholes |
| metamorphic | | sudden fault and slipping of rock layers |
| paleontology | | rocks formed from the sediments |
| crust | | Geological Survey of Canada |
| stratified | | instrument for measuring earthquakes |
| foothills | | rock type formed from cooling of molten rock |
| erratic | | upward folding of rock could be a trap for oil |
| lava | | downward folding of rock |
| geology | | very old crab-like fossil found at Burgess shale |
| geologist | | term describes the lay of the land |
| glacier | | large mass of flowing ice |
| tributary | | magma reaching the surface |
| plate | | scientist who studies rocks and features of the earth |
| crevasse | | study of fossils and historic life |
| magma | | mineral and organic material, also called dirt |
| karst | | remains or impression preserved in rocks |
| earthquake | | eruption of lava to form a type of mountain |
| valley | | large block of the earth's crust |
| trilobite | | made up of layers |
| sedimentary | | a hot spring which erupts |
| igneous | | earth's outer layer of material |
| syncline | | large rounded hills on eastern side of the rockies |
| GSC | | large v-shaped break in a glacier |
| mantle | | large boulder moved along on the glaciers |
| fossil | | molten rock below the earth surface |
| moraine | | between the crust and the core |
| fault | | study of rocks and minerals |
| volcano | | rock type formed by heat and pressure |
| hoodoos | | pillars developed by erosion, sometimes have caps |
| anticline | | space between the hills and mountains |
| geyser | | found at the front and sides of glaciers |