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*Erosion & Deposition (Ch 7)

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