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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| erosion | the movement of weathered materials by water, wind and ice. |
| deposition | the process in which materials eroded by water,wind, or ice are dropped in a new place |
| glacier | A large body of moving ice that stays frozen all year. |
| moraine | a ridge of rocks left by a glacier |
| fault-block mountain | mountains that formed when blocks of rock slid upward or downward along a fault. |
| fault | a crack in earth's crust |
| weathering | the breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces |
| folded mountain | produced when land is squeezed together over time |
| plate | a huge piece of Earth's crust that moves very slowly |