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A boundry between land and a body of water
What is a shoreline
100
the movement of sand or other sediments by short jumps & bouncesthat is caused by wind or water.
What is saltation
100
a large mass of moving ice
What is a glacier
100
a movement of a section of land down a slope
What is mass movement
100
a scientific name for a cat
What is Felis catus
200
a area of the shoreline made up of material deposited by waves
What is a beach
200
A form of wind erosion in which fine, dry soil particles are blown away.
What is deflation
200
forms when a glacier erodes a river valley from its original V shape to U shape
What is u-shaped valleys
200
a group of loose rocks that fall down a steep slope
What is rockfall
200
a scientific name for a dog
What is Canis familiaris
300
an exposed ridge of sand, gravel,or shell material
What is a sandbar
300
th grinding and wearing away of rock surfaces through the mechanical action of other rock or sand particles.
What is abrasion
300
are smaller glacial valleys that join the deeper main valley. Many hanging valleys form waterfalls after the ice is gone
What is hanging valleys
300
the sudden movement of rock adn soil dwon a slope
What is a landslide
300
a scientific name for a monkey
What is Rhesus macaque
400
offshore columns of resistant rock that were once connected to the mainland.
What is a sea stack
400
very fine sediments deposited by the wind.
What is loess
400
unsorted rock material that is deposited directly by a melting glacier
What is till
400
the flow of a mass of mud or rock and soil mixed wiht a large amount of water.
What is a mudflow
400
a scientific name for a mouse
What is Mus musculus
500
a finger-shaped projections that form when cliffs made of hard rock erode more slowly than surrounding rock.
What is a headlands
500
a mound of wind-deposited sand that keeps its shape even though it moves.
What is a dune
500
a glacial deposit that has been sorted and layered by the action of streams or meltwater
What is stratified drift
500
the slow downhill movement of weathered rock material
What is creep
500
a scientific name for a frog
What is Anura