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What is Erosion?
The moving of sediment
What is Weathering?   The breaking down of rock  
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What is Deposition?   When sediment is dropped or put down  
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What is Sediment?   Little pieces of rock/mineral moved by Erosion  
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What are the main 5 Agents of Erosion?   Gravity,Running Water, Glaciers, Waves, and Wind  
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What are the main 5 Factors that can effect Erosion?   Development, Agriculture, Mining, Plants, Climate  
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What is Mass Movement?   The movement of any material, such as,rock, soil ,snow down a slope  
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What causes mass movement?   Gravity  
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What is a Landslide?   the sudden rapid movement of a large amount of material down slope  
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What is a Mud flow?   the flow of a mass of mud or rock and soil mixed with a large amount of water  
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What is a Slump?   when a large chunk of rock suddenly slips downhill  
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What is a Creep?   the slow downhill movement of weathered rock material  
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What is the most powerful agent of Erosion?   Water  
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What is the least powerful agent of Erosion?   Wind  
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Which agent of erosion creates U-Shaped Valleys?   Glacier  
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What are 2 ways that glaciers erode the land?   plucking and abrasion  
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What are 2 ways that waves erode the land?   impact and abrasion  
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What are 6 soil conservation techniques that slow erosion?   wind breaks, no-till farming, terracing, contour plowing, cover crops, and crop rotation  
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Which agent of erosion creates V-shaped valleys?   Fast moving water  
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What is a meander?   a long winding river in a flood plain  
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Is an oxbow lake created by erosion or deposition?   deposition  
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