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Landforms
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Definition | Term |
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a huge V-shaped valley made from moving water | Canyon |
a mound of sand deposited by wind | Sand dune |
made by glacier scraping through | U-shaped valley |
low land area between higher lands such as mountains | Valley |
made by moving water | V-shaped valley |
created by the deposition of sediment | Delta |
the dropping of sediments to a new location | Deposition |
the moving or carrying away of sediments to a new location | Erosion |
when the temperature drops to 0 degrees Celsius | Freezing |
a huge moving body of ice that scrapes the landscape | Glacier |
an area of land, or a land shape found on the surface of the Earth | Landform |
becomes a liquid by heat | Melting |
particles of matter could be sand, silt,shell and other substances that are carried then deposited | Sediment |
becomes softer by warming | Thawing |
the wearing away of sediments by water, waves, wind or ice | Weathering |
triggered by the movement of the earth's plate | Earthquake |
gravity, rain or both pulls rocks and mud down the mountain causing destruction | Landslides |
fiery power deep from within the Earth. Are made when thick magma and large amounts of gas build up under the surface | Volcano(es) |
when a volcano becomes active and erupts ash | Erupt |
formed by wind picking up sediment and blasting or blowing a hole in the rock | Desert Arch |
a ridge of water that moves across a pond, lake or ocean | Wave |