Erosion and Deposition 1
Erosion and Deposition 2
Erosion and Deposition 3
Erosion and Deposition 4
Erosion and Deposition 5
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the process of moving load or material by wind, water, or other natural agents.
Erosion
100
Pile of angular rocks at the base of a landslide.
Talus
100
The grinding away of rock by other rock particles carried in water, ice, or wind
What is abrasion
100
water held underground in the soil or in pores and crevices in rock.
groundwater
100
material moves slowley in large clump
slump
200
small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or living things
sediment
200
thick deposits of fine-grained sediments often found far away from their source
loess
200
deep, narrow valley with steep sides formed by erosion by water
canyon
200
A wide, sloping deposit of sediment formed where a stream leaves a mountain range
Alluvial Fan
200
large mass of ice that formed on land and moves slowly across earths surface.
Glaciers
300
Process in which sediment is laid down in new locations.
Deposition
300
Mixture of various size sediment
Till
300
What conditions are necessary for a glacier to form?
snow and low temperature
300
A landform made of sediment that is deposited where a river flows into an ocean or lake
Delta
300
form when the top of sea arches collapse and leave behind isolated columns of rock
sea stacks
400
the force that moves rock and other materials downhill.
gravity
400
extremely slow movement of material downslope
creep
400
downhill movment of large mass of rocks
mass wasting
400
A mudslide is mostly caused by what TWO agents of erosion?
What are Water and Gravity?
400
form when waves erode sea caves until a hole cuts through
sea arches
500
3 rapid mass movement
rockfall, landslide, mudflow
500
Name 4 of the Agents of Erosion
Wind, water, gravity, ice
500
What are two features that result from deposition along a river?
Alluvial fans, river deltas
500
broad c-shaped curve in a stream.
Meander
500
circular depression that forms when the roof of an underground cave collapses
sinkhole