Ice Erosion
As a glacier melts, it deposits this that it picked up on the way down the mountain.
What is GLACIAL DRIFT?
The process in which the wind blows, picks up loose sediment, and carries it away.
What is DEFLATION?
Water is a force of erosion along ____________.
What is SHORELINES?
When gravity is the primary force that rapidly moves rocks and sediment.
What is an MASS MOVEMENT?
Weathering of this is the first step of soil formation.
What is PARENT ROCK?
Jagged ridges formed between two or more cirques
What are ARETES?
Mound of wind-deposited sand.
What is DUNE?
Sand deposits in the water are _____________
What are SANDBARS?
Gravity pulls loose rock down a steep slope.
What is a ROCKFALL?
Huge slabs of rock break off along cracks and faults.
What is a ROCKSLIDE?
Form waterfalls when the ice recedes.
What are HANGING VALLEYS?
The grinding and wearing down of rock surfaces by other rock or sand particles.
What is SANDBLASTING?
Requires the formation of a sea cave first.
What is SEA ARCH?
Gravity pulls a large mass of rock and sediment down a hill.
What is a LAND SLIDE?
This tectonic force can start a sudden mass movement.
What is EARTHQUAKES or VOLCANOES?
Formed when several aretes join at the top of a mountain.
What is HORN?
Thick deposits of windblown, fine-grained sediment
What is LOESS?
The amount of water that a stream carries.
What is DISCHARGE?
Gravity slowly pulls soil down the slope of a hill.
What is SOIL CREEP?
Soil consist of multiple layers called
What is HORIZONS?
Large boulders that were transported and deposited by glaciers.
What are ERRATICS?
Side of a dune that faces away from the wind.
What is SLIP FACE?
Fertile flat area formed from layers of deposited sediment.
What is FLOODPLAIN?
Gravity pulls a combination of water and soil down a hill.
What is a MUD FLOW?
Underneath all the horizons you can find
What is BEDROCK?