is the material moved by erosion.

is the process by which sediment is laid down in a new location.

is the process by which natural forces move weathered rock and soil from one place to another.

is the major agent of the erosion that has shaped Earth’s surface.

is formed when several streams flow together to form larger body of flowing water.

is a stream that flows into a larger stream.

is the water that moves over the Earth’s surface after a rainfall.

is a loop like bend in the course of river.

can be formed when groundwater and carbon dioxide create carbolic acid and erode limestone.

is a meander that has been cut off from the river.

is any large mass of moving ice and snow, which form u-shaped valleys.

is a long, narrow glacier that forms when snow and ice build up high in mountain valleys.

covers much of a continent and is much larger and thicker than a valley glacier.

The times in the past when continental glaciers covered large parts of the earth’s surface were called

The Great Lakes were created by

As a glacier flows over the land, it picks up rocks in a process called

is the sediments directly deposited by glaciers.

The till deposited at the edges of a glacier forms a ridge called

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Term	Definition
Sediment	is the material moved by erosion.
Deposition	is the process by which sediment is laid down in a new location.
Erosion	is the process by which natural forces move weathered rock and soil from one place to another.
Moving Water	is the major agent of the erosion that has shaped Earth’s surface.
River	is formed when several streams flow together to form larger body of flowing water.
Tributaty	is a stream that flows into a larger stream.
Runoff	is the water that moves over the Earth’s surface after a rainfall.
Meander	is a loop like bend in the course of river.
Caves	can be formed when groundwater and carbon dioxide create carbolic acid and erode limestone.
Oxbow Lake	is a meander that has been cut off from the river.
Glacier	is any large mass of moving ice and snow, which form u-shaped valleys.
Valley Glacier	is a long, narrow glacier that forms when snow and ice build up high in mountain valleys.
Continental Glacier	covers much of a continent and is much larger and thicker than a valley glacier.
Ice Age	The times in the past when continental glaciers covered large parts of the earth’s surface were called
Glaciers	The Great Lakes were created by
Plucking	As a glacier flows over the land, it picks up rocks in a process called
Till	is the sediments directly deposited by glaciers.
Moraine	The till deposited at the edges of a glacier forms a ridge called

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