Erosion and Deposition 1
Erosion and Deposition 2
Erosion and Deposition 3
Erosion and Deposition 4
Erosion and Deposition 5
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the process of moving load or material by wind, water, or other natural agents.

Erosion

100

Pile of angular rocks at the base of a landslide.

Talus

100

The grinding away of rock by other rock particles carried in water, ice, or wind

What is abrasion
100

water held underground in the soil or in pores and crevices in rock.

groundwater

100

material moves slowley in large clump

 slump

200

small, solid pieces of material that come from rocks or living things

sediment

200

thick deposits of fine-grained sediments often found far away from their source

loess

200

deep, narrow valley with steep sides formed by erosion by water 

canyon

200

A wide, sloping deposit of sediment formed where a stream leaves a mountain range

Alluvial Fan

200

large mass of ice that formed on land and moves slowly across earths surface.

Glaciers

300

Process in which sediment is laid down in new locations.

Deposition

300

Mixture of various size sediment

Till

300

What conditions are necessary for a glacier to form?

snow and low temperature

300

A landform made of sediment that is deposited where a river flows into an ocean or lake

Delta

300

form when the top of sea arches collapse and leave behind isolated columns of rock

sea stacks

400

the force that moves rock and other materials downhill.

gravity

400

extremely slow movement of material downslope 

creep

400

downhill movment of large mass of rocks

mass wasting

400


A mudslide is mostly caused by what TWO agents of erosion?

What are Water and Gravity?

400

form when waves erode sea caves until a hole cuts through

sea arches

500

  3 rapid mass movement

rockfall, landslide, mudflow

500

Name 4 of the Agents of Erosion

Wind, water, gravity, ice

500

What are two features that result from deposition along a river?

Alluvial fans, river deltas

500

broad c-shaped curve in a stream.

Meander

500

circular depression that forms when the roof of an underground cave collapses

sinkhole