Earth's Surface Voca Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| Weathering | the breakdown of large rock into smaller pieces of rock |
| Erosion | a process that transports rock, soil, or sediment to a different location |
| Deposition | the settling or coming to rest of transported rock, soil, or sediment |
| Sediment | tiny bits of rock, shell, dead plants, or other materials transported and deposited by wind, rain, or ice |
| Flooding | the overflowing of a water body, such as a river, over its banks onto normally dry land |
| Glacier | a large, slowly moving sheet of ice |
| Delta | a fan-shaped (triangular) deposit of earth materials at a mouth of a stream |
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