The process by which water, ice, and wind, or gravity moves weathered particles of rock and soil.

Small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or the remains of organisms; Earth materials deposited by erosion.

Process in which sediment is laid down in new locations.

The attractive force between objects; the force that moves objects downhill.

Any one of several processes by which gravity moves sediment downhill.

Water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking into the ground.

A tiny groove in soil made by flowing water.

A large channel in soil that carries off runoff after a rainstorm.

A channel through which water is continually flowing downhill.

A stream or river that flows into a larger river.

The flat, wide area of land along a river.

A loop like bend in the course of a river.

A meander cut off from a river.

A landform made of sediment that is deposited where a river flows into a ocean or lake.

A wide, sloping deposit of sediment formed where a stream leaves a mountain range.

Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers.

A icicle-like structure that hands from the ceiling of a cavern.

A column like for that grows upward from a floor of a cavern.

A region in which a layer of limestone close to the surface creates deep valleys, cavern, and sinkholes.

Any large mass of ice that moves slowly.

A glacier that covers much of a continent of large island.

Time in Earth's history during which glaciers covered large parts of the surface.

A long, narrow glacier that forms when snow and ice build up in a mountain valley.

The process by which a glacier picks up rocks as it flows over the land.

The sediments deposited directly by a glacier.

A ridge formed by the till deposited at the edge of a glacier.

A small depression that forms when a chunk of ice is left in the glacial til.

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Question	Answer
Erosion	The process by which water, ice, and wind, or gravity moves weathered particles of rock and soil.
Sediment	Small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or the remains of organisms; Earth materials deposited by erosion.
Deposition	Process in which sediment is laid down in new locations.
Gravity	The attractive force between objects; the force that moves objects downhill.
Mass Movemnt	Any one of several processes by which gravity moves sediment downhill.
Runoff	Water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking into the ground.
Rill	A tiny groove in soil made by flowing water.
Gully	A large channel in soil that carries off runoff after a rainstorm.
Stream	A channel through which water is continually flowing downhill.
Tributary	A stream or river that flows into a larger river.
Flood Plain	The flat, wide area of land along a river.
Meander	A loop like bend in the course of a river.
Oxbow Lake	A meander cut off from a river.
Delta	A landform made of sediment that is deposited where a river flows into a ocean or lake.
Alluvial Fall	A wide, sloping deposit of sediment formed where a stream leaves a mountain range.
Groundwater	Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers.
Salacitie	A icicle-like structure that hands from the ceiling of a cavern.
Stalagamite	A column like for that grows upward from a floor of a cavern.
Karst Topography	A region in which a layer of limestone close to the surface creates deep valleys, cavern, and sinkholes.
Glacier	Any large mass of ice that moves slowly.
Continental Glacier	A glacier that covers much of a continent of large island.
Ice Age	Time in Earth's history during which glaciers covered large parts of the surface.
Valley Glacier	A long, narrow glacier that forms when snow and ice build up in a mountain valley.
Plucking	The process by which a glacier picks up rocks as it flows over the land.
Till	The sediments deposited directly by a glacier.
Moraine	A ridge formed by the till deposited at the edge of a glacier.
Kettle	A small depression that forms when a chunk of ice is left in the glacial til.

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