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show the glacier crushes the rock and overtime, the rock freezes into the glacier  
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show creep  
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a deposit that hangs down from the roof of a cave is called a ____________.   show
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show moraine  
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a beach that sticks out into the water like a finger is called a _________.   show
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tiny pieces of sediment that are dropped by the wind are ________________.   show
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show water, wind, waves, gravity, and glaciers  
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during longshore drift, sand is carried _______ ___ __________.   show
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what is responsible for mass movement?   show
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the major agent of erosion is ______.   show
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________ scratch the land as it moves.   show
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name the feature that forms sand dunes and loess deposits.   show
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show waves  
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show as water moves across the land, it picks up and carries particles of sediment with it.  
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how do glaciers cause erosion and deposition?   show
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show the wave hits the seafloor and picks up sediment as it goes and when the wave hits the surface or slows down, the sediment is deposited.  
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how does wind cause erosion and deposition?   show
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show the chemical reaction between carbonic acid and limestone wear away on parts of a landform, causing a cavern (cave) to form.  
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show erosion  
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show sediment  
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when the gents of erosion lay down (deposit) sediment   show
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show gravity  
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any one of the several processes that move sediment downhill   show
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as water moves over the land, it carries particles with it. this moving water is called ___________.   show
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show rills  
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a large groove or channel in the soil that carries runoff after a rainstorm   show
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show stream  
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a stream or river that flows that flows into a larger river.   show
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show flood plain  
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a looplike bend in the course of a river   show
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a meander that has been cut off from the river.   show
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sediment deposited where a river floes into an ocean or lake builds up a landform called a ________.   show
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show alluvial fan  
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the term geologists use for this underground water   show
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a deposit that hangs from the ceiling of a cave   show
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show stalagmite  
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show karst topography  
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any large mass of ice that moves slowly over the land   show
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show  
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show ice ages  
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show valley glacier  
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as a glacier flows over the land, it picks up rocks in a process called ___________.   show
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the mixture of sediments that a glacier deposits directly on the surface is called ____.   show
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the till deposited at the edge of a glacier forms a ridge called a ______________.   show
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a small depression that forms when a chunk of ice is left in a glacial till   show
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a part of the shore that sticks out into the ocean.   show
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an are of wave-washed sediment along a coast.   show
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as waves repeatedly hit the beach, some of the beach sediment moves down the beach with the current, in process called ____________________.   show
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show spit  
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show deflation  
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when the wind hits an obstacle, the result is usually a deposit of windblown sand called a sand dune   show
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show loess  
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