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LaGreca
Surface Changes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| glaciers | huge sheets of ice that stay frozen year-round |
| weathering | when something is broken down into smaller and smaller pieces |
| mass wasting | the downslope movement of rock and sediments due to gravity |
| slumping | a spoon-shaped depression caused by materials that have begun to slide downhill on steep hillsides |
| surface creep | the very slow movement of soil and rock debris by gravity (not pereptible except through extended observation) |
| uplift | the process of a land rising back up when a glacier retreats |
| erosion | when weathered pieces are removed and travel to another place |