- Begin the Kids' Field Trip to Mars
- Basalt
- Coulees and Canyons
- Dust
- Earthquakes
- Flood Plains: Giant Floods and Channeled Scablands
- Lakes and Lakebeds
- Pathfinder Landing Site
- Sand and Sand Dunes
- Volcanoes
- Kids' Quiz
- Scavenger Hunt
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Geology Terms
Here are some basic terms used in the tour. Find more geology terms in the Glossary.
- Basalt
- Volcanic rock caused by partial melting of the Earth's crust.
- Channel
- The deepest part of a river or bay.
- Channeled Scabland
- Area in Washington state where huge floods made channels in a large, deep basalt flow. Named by J. Harlan Bretz during the 1920's in various publications. See also Glacial Lake Missoula.
- Coulee
- Long winding channel cut through lava formations. A term primarily used in the northwestern United States.
- Erosion
- Lifting and removal of rock, dirt, sand and the like caused by wind, water, or glacial ice.
- Ice Age
- A period in Earth's history when much of the continents are covered with ice sheets and glaciers.
- Lava
- Molten earth material (rock) that comes out of volcanoes or cracks in the Earth's crust.
- Loess
- Fine dirt deposited by wind usually from arid or glaciated areas.
- Magma
- Molten rock beneath the earth's surface. Magma is called "lava" when it erupts from a volcano.
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