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Unit 9 Landforms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| process by which larger rocks are broken down into smaller and smaller rocks. | weathering |
| the moving of weathered rocks and soil by water, wind and ice and gravity | erosion |
| dropping the eroded rocks and soil in a new locations | deposition |
| a large, flat area of land that forms as sediment is deposited when a river enters a larger, slower moving body of water. | river delta |
| a large slow-moving mass of ice that can carve a u-shaped valley | glacier |
| a mound of sand deposited by the wind | sand dune |
| formed by wind picking up sand and blasting a hole in the rock | desert arch |
| tiny pieces of rock | sediment |
| an area of land, or a land shape found on the surface of Earth | landform |
| a ridge of water that moves across a pond, lake, or ocean | wave |
| a giant ocean wave that is a result of an earthquake | Tsunami |
| finger like cave formations formed by the slow deposition of minerals that hang down from the roof of a cave | stalactite |
| finger like cave formations formed by the slow deposition of minerals that build up from the floor of a cave | stalagmite |
| the bottom of the river | river bed |
| the high ground on the side of the river | river bank |
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