Erosion
Water
Mass Movement
Vocabulary
Miscelaneous
100

What is the process of breaking down rock into smaller pieces


weathering or erosion

Weathering

100

A line of water, can be curvy


river or ocean

 river

100

What is a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff


landslide or mudslide

landslide

100

large, flat open land


plains or mountain

plains

100

A small body of water with land around it


ocean or lake

 lake

200

What is the moving of weathered material


erosion or weathering

Erosion

200

What is a large mass of moving ice


glacier or river

glacier

200

What is a landslide that occurs when loose soil and rock are mixed with water


landslide or mudslide

mudslide

200

What is a ridge of sand created by the wind


ocean or dune

dune

200

A very large body of water


river or ocean

ocean

300

What is the dropping of sediment into a new location


deposition or plains

deposition

300

What is a large area of flat land near a river that often floods and contains fertile soil

floodplain or ocean

floodplain

300

What is a natural shape or feature of land


landform or rock

landform

300

What is a large area of flat land elevated high above sea level


valley or plateau

plateau

300

Very tall landforms


mountain or plains

mountain

400

What is a triangular shaped area of land formed by deposition at the mouth of a river


deposition or delta

delta

400

What is a stream or river that flows into a larger river

tributary or ocean

tributary

400

What is the force responsible for mass movement


gravity or river

gravity

400

What is a long depression in the land that usually contains a river


valley or plateau

valley

400

This is the type of erosion you would see most in the desert


water erosion or wind erosion

Wind erosion

500

What is small pieces of weathered rock such as gravel, sand and pebbles

rockets or sediment

Sediment

500

This river is South of Ohio


Cuyahoga River or Ohio River

Ohio River

500

These are large sections of Earth's crust and upper mantle that float and move


cups or plates


plates

500

What is a document that shows land features on Earth

Map

500

**BONUS**

What is a long hill or sediment deposited by a glacier


moraine or west carrollton

moraine

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