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Earth's Surface Voca
Term | Definition |
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Weathering | the breakdown of large rock into smaller pieces of rock |
Erosion | a process that transports rock, soil, or sediment to a different location |
Deposition | the settling or coming to rest of transported rock, soil, or sediment |
Sediment | tiny bits of rock, shell, dead plants, or other materials transported and deposited by wind, rain, or ice |
Flooding | the overflowing of a water body, such as a river, over its banks onto normally dry land |
Glacier | a large, slowly moving sheet of ice |
Delta | a fan-shaped (triangular) deposit of earth materials at a mouth of a stream |