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Unit 5 Vocab

Weathering, Erosion, Deposition, and Porosity

TermDefinition
Glaciers make _____ shaped valleys U
Streams make _____ shaped valleys V
Sandblasting sand hitting rocks because of wind and weathering it down
Delta A triangle shaped deposit of sand near the end of a river or stream
Barrier Island An island that separates the mainland from the ocean.
Weathering Breaking down of rocks, either physically or chemically.
Erosion The movement of rocks/sediment by an agent of erosion (wind, waves, streams, glaciers, landslides, etc.)
Deposition The settling of material
Chemical Weathering happens with water and waters interaction with materials (acid rain, rust)
Physical Weathering happens from force and movement
Mass movement landslides and avalanches due to gravity
slope the angle of the land. No slope would be flat land
Sand dune depositional feature of wind--dry and above land
Sandbar Depositional feature of waves, wet in the ocean
velocity speed of a stream
Meander a bend in a stream. Streams are faster on the outside curves.
Porosity percent of open space
Permeability ability of water to pass through
Infiltration Water passing through the ground
Runoff inability for water to infiltrate so it slides off of Earth's surface
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