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Earth's Surface Ch.3

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Sediment small,solid pieces of material that come from the rocks or remains of organisms; earth materials deposited by erosion
Erosion the process by which water,ice,wind, or gravity moves weathered particles
Deposition process in which sediment is laid down in new locations
Gravity the attractive force between objects; the force that moves objects down hill
Mass Movement any one of several processes by which gravity moves sediment downhill
Glacier any large mass of ice that moves slowly over land
Continental Glacier a glacier that covers most of a continent or large island
Ice Age time in earth's history during which glaciers covered covered large parts of the surface
Valley Glacier a long, narrow glacier that forms when snow and ice build up in a mountain valley
Plucking the process by which glaciers pick up rocks as it flows over the land
Till the sediments deposited directly by a glacier
Moraine a ridge formed by the till deposited at the edge of a glacier
kettle a small depression that forms when a chunk of ice is left in glacial till
Runoff water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking into the ground
rill a tiny groove in the soil made by flowing water
gully a large channel in soil that carries runoff after a rainstorm
stream a channel through which water is continually flowing downhill
tributary a stream or river that flows into a larger river
flood plain the flat, wide area of land along a river
meander a loop-like bend in the course of a river
oxbow lake a meander cut off from a river
delta a landform of sediment that is deposited where a river flows into a river flows into an ocean or lake
alluvial fan
groundwater
stalactite
stalagmite
karst topography
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