Weathering and Erosion unit vocabulary
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| Weathering | The chemical and physical processes that break down rock at the Earth's surface.
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| Chemical Weathering | The process that breaks down rock through chemical changes.
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| Mechanical Weathering | The type of weathering in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces.
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| Erosion | The process that moves rocks.
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| Load | Amount of sediment carried by a stream.
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| Deposition | Process by which sediments are laid down in new locations.
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| Alluvial Fan | Deposit formed where a stream leaves a mountain range.
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| Delta | Sediments deposited at the mouth of a large river that flows into a lake or ocean.
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| Runoff | Moving water that moves over the Earth's surface.
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| Tributary | A stream that flows into a larger stream.
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| Glacier | A large mass of ice that moves slowly over land.
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| Valley Glacier | A long narrow glacier that forms when snow and ice build up high in a mountain valley.
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| Continental Glacier | A glacier that covers much of a continent.
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| Abrasion | Wearing away of rock.
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| Permeable | Weathering due to water seeping into air spaces in rock.
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| Ice Wedging | Rocks broken by frozen water.
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| Plucking | The process by which glaciers pick up rocks.
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