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Earth's Changing Sur
Earth's Changing Surface Test Review
Term | Definition |
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stream | a flow of water in a channel or bed |
mouth | the area of a river where it flows into sea or lake |
source | the area where a river begins |
weathering | the breakdown of large rock into smaller pieces of rock |
erosion | a process that transports rock, soil, or sediment to a different location |
deposition | the settling or coming to rest of transported rock, soil, or sediment |
sediment | tiny bits of rock, shell, dead plants, or other materials transported and deposited by wind, rain, or ice |
flooding | the overflowing of a water body, such as a river over its banks, onto normally dry land |
delta | a fan-shaped (triangular) deposit of earth's materials at a mouth of a stream |
floodplain | land that is covered by water during a flood, formed from sediments deposited by a river |
glacier | a large, slowly moving sheet of ice |
sinkhole | a natural hole that forms in the Earth’s surface as a result of weathering |
sand dunes | mounds of sand moved by the wind or water |