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Rocks
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| erosion | The process which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves weathered particles of rock and soil |
| sediment | Small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or the remains or organisms; earth material s 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 procsses 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 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 looklike bend in the course of a river |
| oxbow lake | A meandenar cut off from a river |
| delta | A landform made of sediment that is deposited where a river flows into an ocean or lake |
| alluvial fan | 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 |
| stalactite | A icicle-like structure that hangs from the ceiling of a cavern |
| stalagmite | A columnlike form that grows upward from the floor of a cavern |
| karst topograhpy | A region in which a layer of limestone close to the surface creates deep vallyes, caverns, and sinkholes |
| glacier | Any large mass of ice that moves slowly over land |
| continental glacier | The procesess that breaks down rock through chemical changes |
| 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 procsess by which a glacier picks up rocks as it flows over the land |
| till | The sediments deposited firectly 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 glacil till |
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