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Earth Sci Ch 6 Voc
Question | Answer |
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the removal of weathered material from one location to another | erosion |
laying down or settling of eroded material | deposition |
broad, C-curve in a stream | meander |
current that flows parallel to the shortline | longshore current |
large deposit of sediment that forms where a stream enters a large body of water | delta |
grinding away of rock or other surfaces as particles carried by wind, water, or ice scrape against them | abrasion |
pile of windblown sand | dune |
crumbly, windblown deposit of silt and clay | loess |
downhill movement of a large mass of rocks or soil because of the pull of gravity | mass wasting |
rapid downhill movement of soil, loose rocks, and boulders | landslide |
pile of angular rocks and sediment from a rockfall | talus |
large mass of ice that formed on land and moves slowly across earth’s surface | glacier |
mixture of various sizes of sediment deposited by a glacier | till |
mound or ridge of unsorted sediment deposited by a glacier | moraine |
layered sediment deposited by streams of water that flow from a melting glacier | outwash |