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Mass Movement

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A slow moving movement that usually takes a while to collapse creep
When rock suddenly falls downhill slump
When water rock and soil slide downhill together Mudslide
When rock is going downhill fast and this is also most deadly landslide
What causes mass movement gravity pulling down sediment down a hill or slope
Which erosion causes most damage Water Erosion
How do waves form They form when wind blows across the oceans surface
How do waves erode Waves erode by impact and abrasion
What kind of landforms do waves create Sea caves, sea arches, sea stacks, and wave cut cliffs
What happens when a wave slows down and deposits sediment A beach is formed
What is another name for deposited sediment till
What is a valley glacier It is a glacier where snow and ice forms and build up inbetween a mountain valley
What is a continential glacier A glacier that covers most of an island or continent
When a wave crashes onto a beach at an angle a _____ forms Longshore current
What is it called when glaciers pick up rock plucking
What can glacial erosion make Arete, horns, cirque, and kettle lakes
What can glacial deposition form Moraines, drumlns, and kettle lakes
The pocess of wind picking up sediment is called deflation
What is moraine Is the till deposited at the end of a glacier
What is a drumlin A long mound of till that is shaped in the glaciers flow
What is a kettle lake A depression of where till is deposited and still has a chunk of ice inside
What slows down a wave at shallow water friction
Whats a barrier beach It is a beach that protects the rainland behind it from the storm charge
What is a sandbar A long bridge of sand carrying all the way to shore
What is a spit A longshore drift adds sediment to existing land along a stateline
What are the 4 types of mass movement Landslide, mudslide, slump, and creep
What is material moved by erosion Sediment
What is deposition when sediment soil and rocks are added to a landform
What is run off Water that flows over Earths surface
What landforms are created by water erosion Flood plain, Meanders, waterfalls, oxbow lake, v-shaped valley
What land forms are created by water deposition Alluvial fan, delta
What is carstagrophy A landscape marked by caves, and sinkholes
What is found on the bottom of a cave stalagmite
what is found on the top of a cave stalactite
What features form from groundwater erosion Caves, and sinkholes
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