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earth's Surface
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| delta | a landform at the mouth of a river made by the sand silt and soil and rocks deposited by moving water |
| deposition | the process in which water wind or ice build up the earth's surface by dropping sediment in new locations |
| sinkhole | a natural hole that forms in the Earth's surface as a result of weathering |
| earthquake | a sudden movement of Earth's crust along the fualt |
| glacier | a large slow moving sheet of ice |
| weathering | the breakdown of large rock into smaller pieces of rock |
| spring | a small stream of water naturally from the earth |
| groundwater | the water in soil and porous rocks undergound |
| freshwater | water found in rivers lakes and groundwater |
| source | where a river begins |
| slop | the inclined surface of a hill or mountin |
| sedmient | materials such as sand silt and soil and rocks that have been carried along and deposited by water wind or ice |
| riverbed | the bottom of a river |
| river | A body of following water that empties in to an ocean valley lake or another river |
| mouth | where a river meets a lake valley or ocean |
| erosion | the process in which gravity water ice and wind move sediment from one place to another on the earth's surface |
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