Definitions
Definitions
Definitions
Definitions
Definitions
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weathering in which chemical change takes place in the rock or rock particles
What is chemical weathering
100
the phase change in which a gas becomes a solid
What is deposition
100
individual boulders dropped by a glacier that are often made of igneous and metamorphic rock
What is erratic
100
a huge mass of ice that does not completely melt over the course of a year
What is a glacier
100
the downslope movement of sediment because of gravity
What is mass wasting
200
a natural geological force that makes minerals, rocks, and land forms
What is constructive force
200
a long ridge of stratified drift left behind when a glacier retreats
What is esker
200
Global positioning system
What is GPS
200
a region where glacier melt has created streams the dry up and deposit sediment
What is outwash plain
300
the difference in elevation between contour lines
What is contour interval
300
a natural geologic process that wears down landforms, rocks and minerals, and carries the bits and pieces to different places on the land and sea
What is destructive force
300
an area where the wide mouth of a river meets the tidal waters of an ocean
What is estuary
300
broad plains of till left by a retreating edge of a glacier
What is ground moraine
300
in soil, a network of hole that lets air and water circulate
What is porespaces
400
a line on the map that connects places that have the same elevation above sea level
What is contour line
400
long mounds of glacial drift that run parallel to the path of the glacier's retreat
What is drumlin
400
the mechanical break up of rock caused by the expansion of freezing water in cracks and crevices
What is frost wedging
400
a layer in a soil profile
What is horizon
400
sediment dropped directly by a glaciers edge
What is till
500
a map that shows the different elevation between an area of land
What is contour map
500
the physical movement of weathered material, as by water, wind, ice, and so on
What is erosion
500
geographic information system
What is GIS
500
a large mound of gratified drift left by a retreating glacier
What is kame
500
surfaced soil including the organic layer in which plants have their roots
What is topsoil
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