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Earth Science
Week 4
Term | Definition |
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when the temperature drops to 0 degrees Celsius | freezing |
a huge moving body of ice that scrapes the landscape | glacier |
a huge v-shaped valley made from moving water. Grand Canyon was formed over the last 6 million years. | Canyon |
A mound of sand deposited by wind | Sand dune |
Made by a glacier scraping through | u-shaped valley |
made by moving water | v-shaped valley |
formed by wind picking up sediments and blasting or blowing a hole in the rock | desert arch |
a ridge of water that moves across a pond, lake or ocean | wave |
an area of land, or land shape found on the surface of Earth | landform |
becoming a liquid by heat | melting |
becomes softer by warming | thawing |
when a volcano becomes active and erupts ash | erupt |