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Ch3L1-5
Earth's Surface:Science Vocabulary Chapter 3 Lessons 1-5 Mass Movement
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Erosion | The process by which natural forces move weathered rock and soil from one place to another. |
| Sediment | The process of erosion moves material. |
| Deposition | Occurs where the agents of erosion deposit, or lay down, sediment. |
| Gravity | The force that pulls you and your bike downward. |
| Mass Movement | Any one of several processes that move sediment downhill. |
| Runoff | As water moves over the land, it carries particles with it. (moving water) |
| Rills | Tiny forms in soil. |
| Gully | A large groove, or channel, in the soil that carries runoff after a rainstorm. |
| Stream | A channel along which water is continually flowing down a slope. |
| Tributary | A stream or river that flows into a large river. |
| Flood Pain | The flat, wide area of land along a river. |
| Meander | A looplike bend in the course of a river |
| Oxbow Lake | A meander that has been cut off from the river. |
| Delta | A river flows into an ocean or lake builds up a landform. |
| Alluvial Fan | A wide, sloping deposit of sediment formed where a stream leaves a mountain range. |
| Groundwater | The term that geologists use for underground water. |
| Stalactite | A deposit that hangs like an icicle from the roof of a cave. |
| Stalagmite | Slow drippings build up a cone-shaped _________ from the cave floor. |
| Karst Topography | A type of landscape named after a region in Eastern Europe. |
| Glacier | Any large mass of ice that moves slowly over land. |
| Continental Glacier | A glacier that covers much of a continent or large island. |
| Ice Ages | Times in the past that include continental glaciers covering large parts of Earth's surface. |
| Valley Glacier | A long, narrow glacier that forms when snow and ice build up high in a mountain valley. |
| Plucking | A process where glaciers flow over land and pick up rocks. |
| Till | A mixture of sediments that a glacier deposits directly on the surface. |
| Moraine | Deposited till that forms a ridge at the edge of a glacier. |
| Kettle | A small depression that forms when a chunk of ice is left in glacial till. |
| Headland | A part of the shore that sticks out into the ocean. |
| Beach | An area of wash-waved sediment along a coast. |
| Longshore Drift | A process in which waves repeatedly hit the beach, some of the beach sediment moves down the beach with the current. |
| Spit | A beach that projects like a finger out into the water. |
| Deflation | The process by which wind removes surface materials. |
| Sand Dunes | A deposit of windblown sand. |
| Loess | Wind-deposited sediment. |
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