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Erosion & Deposition (Ch 7)

Horizontales
Times in the past when continental glaciers covered large parts of Earth's surface were known as ______ _____.
The rapid downhill movement of water, rock and soil.
When waves erode a layer of soft rock that underlies a layer of harder rock, a sea _____ forms.
As a glacier flows over the land, it picks up rocks in a process called _______.
_____ is a very slow downhill movement of rock and soil.
As runoff travels, it forms tiny groves in soil called _____.
The movement of sediment downhill is called _____ movement.
A ___ is a long ridge of sand parallel to the shore.
The process by which wind removes surface materials is called _____.
Sediment moves down the beach in a process called longshore ______.
Gullies join together to form a ______.
______ glaciers can flow in all directions as they move.
When a mass of rock and soil suddenly slips down a slope.
A deposit of windblown sand is called a sand _____.
An ____ lake is a meander that has been cut off from the river.
A deposit that hangs like an icicle from the roof of a cave is known as a _____.
_______ occurs where the agents of erosion deposit, or lay down sediment.
A _____ glacier is a long narrow glacier that forms when snow and ice build up high in a mountain valley.
______ causes sediment to move downhill.
Verticales
A large stream is called a _____.
A ____ is a large mass of ice that moves slowly over land.
Sediment smaller than sand is dropped far from its source in large deposits called ______.
Water that moves over land carrying particles with it is called _____.
A ____ is a loop-like bend in the course of a river.
A _____ is a part of the shore that sticks out into the ocean.
_____ topography is a type of landscape in rainy regions where there is limestone near the surface and is characterized by caverns, sinkholes and deep valleys.
A _____ is a bowl shaped hollow eroded by a glacier.
Pieces of rock, or soil or the remains of plants and animals.
The flat wide area of land along a river is a _________ _________.
An ____ fan is a wide, sloping deposit of sediment formed where a stream leaves a mountain range.
A ____ is a small depression that forms when a chunk of ice is left in glacier till.
A _____ is a stream or river that flows into a larger river.
A _____ occurs when rock and soil slide quickly down a steep slope.
The mixture of sediments that a glacier deposits directly on the surface is called ______.
Slow dripping builds up a cone-shaped ____ from the cave floor.
_____ is the term geologist use for under ground water.
The process by which natural forces move weathered rock and soil from one place to another.
Till deposited at the edges of a glacier is called a _____.
If a sea arch collapses, a pillar of rock called a sea ______ may result.
Sediment deposited where a river flows into an ocean or lake builds up a landform called a _________.
Rills flow into one another, grow larger and form a ______.
When glaciers carve away the sides of a mountain, the result is a ______, a sharpened peak.
A ____ is a beach that projects like a finger out into the water.