Erosion
What is the process of breaking down rock into smaller pieces
Weathering
What is a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff
landslide
What is a deep valley with steep sides often carved by a river
canyon
What is the moving of weathered material
Erosion
What is a large mass of moving ice
glacier
What is a landslide that occurs when loose soil and rock are mixed with water
mudslide
What is a ridge of sand created by the wind
dune
This is what happens to erosion when the slope of a hill is steep
there is more erosion/ speeds up erosion
What is the dropping of sediment into a new location
deposition
What is a large area of flat land near a river that often floods and contains fertile soil
floodplain
What is a natural shape or feature of land
landform
What is a large area of flat land elevated high above sea level
plateau
What happens to erosion when there is lots of vegetation on a hill?
It slows erosion/ There is less erosion
What is a triangular shaped area of land formed by deposition at the mouth of a river
delta
What is a stream or river that flows into a larger river
tributary
What is the force responsible for mass movement
gravity
What is a long depression in the land that usually contains a river
valley
This is the type of erosion you would see most in the desert
Wind erosion
What is small pieces of weathered rock such as gravel, sand and pebbles
Sediment
What is a map that shows land features on Earth
Topographic Map