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earths surface
Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Delta | fan shaped deposit of earth materials at the mouth of a stream or river |
| Deposition | process by which eroded earth materials settle in another place |
| Dissolve | the process of evenly mixing a solute in a solvent to form a solution |
| Erosion | The movement of weathered material by water, wind or other forces |
| Flow | The movement of material such as mud, lava, ice or water. |
| Fossils | remains of an organism that existed in the past occuring in the form of mineralized bones, shells as casts, impressions and moulds |
| glacier | Huge mass of ice slowly flowing over a land mass, formed from compacted snow in an area where snow accumlation exceeds melting |
| limitations | the extent allowed, as to area, amount, time, quatity and sequence |
| valley | a long narrow region of low land between ranges of mountains, hills or other high areas, often having a river or stream running along the bottom |
| volcano | an opening in the Earth's surface or crust, which allows hot magma, ash and gases to escape from below the surface |
| weathering | process by which earth materials are broken down by natural forces |
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