erosion

Question 1

erosion

Answer 1

wind water ice or gravity putting one thing in another place

Question 2

weathering

Answer 2

Weathering is the breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals on Earths surface

Question 3

water cycle

Answer 3

the forever movement of water

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evaporation

Answer 4

water getting too hot so it becomes steam

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condensation

Answer 5

what causes fog in glasses after you come back inside from being out in the winter cold

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precipitation

Answer 6

Precipitation is any liquid or frozen water that forms in the atmosphere and falls back to the Earth

Question 7

surface runoff

Answer 7

Surface runoff is the flow of water occurring on the ground surface when excess rainwater, stormwater, meltwater, or other sources, can no longer sufficiently rapidly infiltrate in the soil.

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tributary

Answer 8

a river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake

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watershed

Answer 9

an area of land that is drained by a water system

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continental divide

Answer 10

A continental divide is a drainage divide on a continent such that the drainage basin on one side of the divide feeds into one ocean or sea, and the basin on the other side either feeds into a different ocean or sea, or else is endorheic, not connected to the open sea.

Question 11

deposition

Answer 11

material is laid down

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delta

Answer 12

a fan shaped mass

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floodplain

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sediment deposit

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water table

Answer 14

the upper surface of underground water

Question 15

sewage treatment plants

Answer 15

a cleaning facility

Question 16

septic tank

Answer 16

tanks that hold unsafe water

Question 17

sea stacks

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offshore columns

Question 18

sea arches

Answer 18

waves erosion

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sea caves

Answer 19

waves cutting large holes

Question 20

wave-cut terraces

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a worn back sea cliff

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headlands

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finger shaped

Question 22

beach

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an area of shoreline

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glacier

Answer 23

big ice block

Question 24

glacial drift

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A general term applied to all rock material (clay, silt, sand, gravel, boulders) transported by a glacier and deposited directly by or from the ice, or by running water emanating from a glacier.

Question 25

till

Answer 25

Till is sometimes called boulder clay because it is composed of clay, boulders of intermediate sizes, or a mixture of these.

Question 26

stratified drift

Answer 26

a predominantly sorted sediment laid down by or in meltwater from glaciers and includes sand, gravel, silt and clay arranged in layers