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100
the breaking down of the materials of Earth's crust into smaller pieces
What is weathering?
100
a trench worn in the earth by running water after it rains
What is a gully?
100
the picking up and carrying away of pieces of the Earth's surface
What is erosion?
100
pieces of material
What is sediment?
100
hot molten rock deep beneath Earth's surface
What is magma?
200
an area between hills or mountains
What is a valley?
200
a body of running water
What is a stream?
200
flat land raised above the surrounding land
What is plateau?
200
magma that reaches the surface, may flow from a volcano as this
What is lava?
200
the area from which water is drained
What is watershed?
300
the dropping off of bits of eroded rock
What is deposition?
300
a wet spongy land often partly covered with water
What is a swamp?
300
water that runs off the Earth's solid surface
What is runoff?
300
level or rolling treeless land
What is plain?
300
protect shorelines from further erosion
What is dunes?
400
fan shaped deposit at the mouth of a river formed by sediment
What is delta?
400
a vent in the earth's crust from which melted or hot rock and steam come out
What is a volcano?
400
a large body of ice
What is a glacier?
400
a small body of running water
What is a stream?
400
bends or S-shapes in a river
What is meanders?
500
an elevation higher than a hill
What is a mountain?
500
streams that feed into a river
What is tributaries?
500
a large body of standing water
What is a lake?
500
form along banks of a river, fertile farmland
What is flood plains?
500
a deep valley with steep sides
What is a canyon?