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WED - Landforms

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TermDefinition
volcano a mountain made from hardened lava, rocks, and ash that erupted from underneath the Earth's surface
earthquake the shaking of the Earth's crust caused by large pieces of rock underneath the Earth's surface moving against each other
landslide occurs when gravity pulls down some of the land on the slope of a hill
weathering the process of breaking down rock into sediments, usually by the force of water, wind, or ice
erosion the process of sediments being moved by water, wind, or ice
canyon the high walls that are carved along a river by the river itself
glacier a huge piece of ice that slowly moves across the surface of the Earth and remains frozen during the entire year
deposition the process by which sediments that have been eroded are dropped in a new place
delta a triangular landform at the mouth of a river formed by the deposition of sediments
sand dune a hill of sand formed by the deposition of sand by the wind
landform a feature on the surface of Earth such as a mountain, dune, delta, or river
formation the process by which something is made or formed
collide crash into
recent not long ago
slab a large flat piece of something
recede move or go back
petrified to cause to become stiff or stone like
weathering breaking down of rock
erosion movement of sediments
deposition dropping off of sediments in a new location
river canyon
glacier valleys and lakes
lava new land
dunes build up of sand by wind
delta deposits of fertile soil at the mouth of a river
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