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

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

Small,solid pieces of material that come from rock or the remains of organism earth materials deposit by erosion.

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

Process in which sediment Is laid down in new locations.

Water the flows over the ground surface rather thank soaking into the ground.

A stream or river that flows into a larger river.

A meander cut off from a river.

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

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

A tiny groove in soil made by flowing water.

The flat,wide area of land along a river.

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

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

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

A large channel in soil that carry runoff after a rainstorm.

A channel through which water is continually flowing downhill.

A loop like bend in the coarse of a river.

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

Any large mass of ice that moves slowly over land.

Time in Earths history during which glaciers covered large parts of the surface.

The process by which a glacier picks up rocks as it flows from other land.

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

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

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 still left in glacial till.

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chapter 3 lesson 1-5

Term	Definition
erosion	The process by which water,ice,wind or gravity move weathered particles of rock and soil.
gravity	The attractive force between objects the force that moves objects downhill.
sediment	Small,solid pieces of material that come from rock or the remains of organism earth materials deposit by erosion.
mass movement	Any one of several processes by which gravity moves sediment downhill.
depostition	Process in which sediment Is laid down in new locations.
runoff	Water the flows over the ground surface rather thank soaking into the ground.
tributary	A stream or river that flows into a larger river.
oxbow lake	A meander cut off from a river.
groundwater	Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers.
stalagmite	A column like form that grows upward from the floor of a cavern.
rill	A tiny groove in soil made by flowing water.
flood plain	The flat,wide area of land along a river.
delta	A land form made of sediment that is deposited where a river flows into a ocean or lake.
stalacite	A icicle like structure that hangs from the ceiling of a cavern.
karst topography	A region in which a layer of limestone close to the surface creates deep valleys, caverns, and sinkholes.
gully	A large channel in soil that carry runoff after a rainstorm.
stream	A channel through which water is continually flowing downhill.
meander	A loop like bend in the coarse of a river.
alluvial fan	A wide, sloping deposit of sediment formed where a stream leaves a mountain range.
glacier	Any large mass of ice that moves slowly over land.
ice age	Time in Earths history during which glaciers covered large parts of the surface.
plucking	The process by which a glacier picks up rocks as it flows from other land.
continental glacier	A glacier that covers much of a continent or large island.
valley gracier	A long,narrow glacier that forms when snow and ice build up in a narrow valley.
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 still left in glacial till.

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