Vocab that you need to know
What is the definition of Erosion?
The process by which natural forces move weathered rock and soil from one place to another
How does the cycle of erosion and deposition work?
Erosion breaks down the land and deposition builds the land back up
What are the processes of how glaciers erode the land?
Plucking and abrasion
How do waves erode the land?
through impact and abrasion
How does wind cause erosion
deflation & abrasion
What is the definition of sediment?
Small, solid, pieces of material that come from rocks or the remains of organisms
What are the features of water deposition?
Deltas, and alluvial fans
What is the definition of till?
a mixture of sediments that a glacier directly deposits directly on the surface
What landforms are formed by wave deposition
Beaches, sandbars, barrier beaches, and spits
What is the definition of deflation?
the process by which wind removes surface material
What is the definition of deposition?
occurs where the agents of erosion deposit, or lay down sediment
What are the landforms that are formed by water erosion?
V-shaped valleys, oxbow lakes, waterfalls, meanders, and flood plains
What are landforms formed by glacial deposition?
U-shaped valleys, moraines, drumlins, and kettle lakes
What landforms are caused by wave erosion
Wave-cut cliffs, sea caves, sea arches, headlands, and sea stacks
How does wind mainly cause erosion?
deflation
What is the definition of Mass movement?
any one of the several processes by which gravity moves sediment downhill
What causes Mass movement?
Gravity
What are landforms formed by glacial erosion?
What is longshore drift
when waves hit the beach at an angle creating a current parallel to the coastline
What landforms are caused by wind deposition?
Sand dunes and loess deposits
What is the definition of runoff?
water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking into the ground
What are the types of Mass movement?
Creeps, mudflows, landslides, and slumps
What are the 2 types of glaciers
Continental glaciers and valley glaciers
Where do waves get their energy from?
the wind
How long does it take for loess deposits to form?
millions of years