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a large deposit of sediment that forms where a stream enters a large body of water
delta
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a C-shaped curve in a stream
meander
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a pile of windblown sand
dune
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a crumbly, windblown deposit of silt and clay
loess
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This type of weathering changes the composition of rock?
chemical weathering
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A pile of angular rocks and sediment from a rockfall.
Talus
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A mixture of various sizes of sediment deposited by a glacier.
Till
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An apron of sediment formed where a stream flows from a steep, narrow canyon onto a plain.
Aluvial Fan
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Formed by mineral deposits in caves.
Stalactites or Stalgmites
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The sediment deposited by streams that flow from a melting glacier.
Outwash
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Mass wasting is the movement of rocks and soil due to ____.
gravity
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Name a factor that effects the rate of erosion.
-climate -Topography -Hardness of rock -amount of vegetation
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Name a landform created by water deposition
Delta or sandbar
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Name a landform created by water erosion.
V-shaped valley
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Name a landform created by wind erosion
hoodoo
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Name a landform created by wind deposition
dune or loess
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What is the difference between erosion and deposition?
Erosion is the movement of sediment. Deposition is the laying down or depositing of sediment
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Name a landform created by glacier deposition and a landform created by glacier erosion.
Glacier deposition- eskers or moraines Glacier erosion- U-shaped valley or till
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What are the three stages of stream development?
Young stream, mature stream, old stream
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Weathering due to this type of erosion creates caves?
groundwater erosion
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