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EROSION 1- 1ST 15
Question | Answer |
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PROCESS BY WHICH WEATHERED MATERIAL IS REMOVED AND CARRIED FROM A PLACE | EROSION |
PROCESS BY WHICH MATERIAL CARRIED BY EROSION IS DROPPED IN NEW PLACES | DEPOSITION |
DOWNHILL MOVEMENT OF WEATHERED MATERIALS CAUSED BY GRAVITY | MASS EROSION |
PILE OF ROCKS AND ROCK PARTICLES THAT COLLECTS AT THE BASE OF A SLOPE | TALUS |
WATER FROM RAIN OR SNOW THAT FLOWS INTO STREAMS AND RIVERS FROM SURFACE AREAS | RUNOFF |
SMALLER STREAM THAT FLOWS INTO THE MAIN STREAM OF A RIVER SYSTEM | TRIBUTARY |
WEARING AWAY OF ROCK PARTICLES BY WIND AND WATER | ABRASION |
TRIANGULAR DEPOSIT OF SEDIMENT LOCATED AT THE MOUTH OF A RIVER | DELTA |
ROCK PARTICLES CARRIED AND DEPOSITED BY WATER, WIND, OR ICE | SEDIMENT |
FLAT AREA ON THE SIDE OF A RIVER WHERE SEDIMENTS ARE DEPOSITED DURING FLOODS | FLOODPLAIN |
LAND THAT HAS SINKHOLES, CAVERNS, AND UNDERGROUND RIVERS | KARST TOPOGRAPHY |
SERIES OF CONNECTED UNDERGROUND CAVES | CAVERN |
LARGE HOLE IN THE GROUND FORMED WHEN THE ROOF OF A CAVERN COLLAPSES | SINKHOLE |
MOVING RIVER OF ICE AND SNOW | GLACIER |
LARGE SHEET OF ICE FOUND NEAR EARTH'S POLES | ICE CAP |