The process by which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves weathered particales 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 that soaking into the ground.

A tiny groove in soil made by flowing water.

A large channel in soil that carries 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 an ocean or a 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.

An icicle-like structure that hangs from the ceiling of a cavern.

A columlike form that grows upward from the floor of a cavern.

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

Any large mass of ice that moves slowly over land.

A glacier that convers much of a continent or large island.

The 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 sediment 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 glacial till.

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Erosion & Deposition

Term	Definition
Erosion	The process by which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves weathered particales 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 Movement	Any one of several processes by which gravity moves sediment downhill.
Runoff	Water that flows over the ground surface rather that soaking into the ground.
Rill	A tiny groove in soil made by flowing water.
Gully	A large channel in soil that carries runoff after a rainstorm.
Steam	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 an ocean or a lake.
Alluvial Fan	A wide, sloping deposit of sediment formed where a stream leaves a mountain range.
Ground Water	Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers.
Stalactite	An icicle-like structure that hangs from the ceiling of a cavern.
Salagmite	A columlike form that grows upward from the floor of a cavern.
Karst Topography	A region in which a layer of limestone close to the surface creates deep valleys, caverns, and sinkholes.
Glacier	Any large mass of ice that moves slowly over land.
Continental Glacier	A glacier that convers much of a continent or large island.
Ice Age	The 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 sediment 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 glacial till.

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