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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| erosion | the process in which gravity, water, ice, and wind move sediment from one place to another |
| source | where a river begins usually on a high land like a mountain |
| deposition | the process of water, wind and ice building up earth's surface by dropping sediment in new locations |
| delta | a landform at the mouth of a river made by the sand, silt, soil, and rocks depositing by moving water |
| weathering | a process by which rocks and sediment break down over time due to exposure to wind, rain, or other weather conditions |
| model | an object that represents something that is similar to the real thing in many ways, but also different in many ways |
| slope | the inclined surface of a hill or mountain |
| physical model | is a three dimensional model of something |
| landscape | a large area of land that includes a wide variety of surface features, such as hills, valleys and rivers |
| feature | a noticeable characteristic trait |
| abrasion | the grinding down of one rock by another |
| landform | a part of the earth's surface that has a unique shape, is easy to recognize and was created by nature |
| sediment | materials such as sand, silt, soil and rocks, that have been carried along and deposited by water, wind or ice |
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