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Which landform is found only where land meets an ocean?
What is a coastline?
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This is the breaking apart ,wearing away or dissolving of rock.
What is weathering
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When a rock becomes smooth and rounded, from the weathering of wind, it is called...
What is abrasion
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What is deposition
When carried away sediment is dropped in a new place.
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Natural features on earths surface
What is a landforms
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What is a mountain?
Which landform is a high place with steep sides that rise above surrounding land?
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What is a rock
What is made up of one or more materials
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What is a landslide When weathering and erosion cause rock and soil to slip downhill.
What is a landslide
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When a large boulder appears in the middle of a grassy field, and it was once far away from the field
What is erosion and deposition by a glacier
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When material is scraped away
What is Abrasion
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A large flat area of land.
What is a plain
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In this type of weathering, the minerals that make up the rock actually change. Seen in limestone
What is Chemical weathering
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When tree roots grow into the cracks of rocks and force the crack to open
What is weathering by plants
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When a river deposits sediment when it reaches the ocean.
How is a delta formed
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Material that comes from weathering rock
What is sediment
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This is a deep, narrow valley with steep sides
What is a canyon
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In a deep cave, the walls are made of limestone, the cave most likely formed through weathering by what?
What is weak acid.
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What is weathering by ice?
When water seeps into the crack of a rock and the repeating freezing and thawing of water splits the rock apart.
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When glaciers melted away, and sediment was deposited
What is a moraine
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When sediment and rock are layed down in a new place
What is deposition
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This landform stretches across the Sahara in North Africa.
What is a sand dune
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When wind weathers or wears away rock, wind can pick up small pieces of sand called....
What is sediment
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When sediment is moved from one place to another
What is erosion
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When a house built on a low cliff near an ocean, sediment that the house is standing on could be removed.
What is erosion
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As glaciers melt or retreat, the ice melts and deposition occurs. The sediment carried by the glacier if left behind.
What is till