Erosion Vocabulary

Question 1

Removal and transport of weathered material

Answer 1

Erosion

Question 2

The process of dropping sediments when the energy of motion decreases

Answer 2

Deposition

Question 3

Sediments slowly inch down a hill

Answer 3

Creep

Question 4

A large deposit of till

Answer 4

Moraine

Question 5

Ice and snow moving under its own weight

Answer 5

Glacier

Question 6

Process of wind blown sediments scratching and scraping rock

Answer 6

Abrasion

Question 7

A mass movement that occurs when blocks of land slip down a curved slope

Answer 7

Slump

Question 8

Fine-grained sediments deposited by wind

Answer 8

Loess

Question 9

The sediment that a glacier picks up as it moves

Answer 9

Plucking

Question 10

Unsorted sediment let by a glacier

Answer 10

Till

Question 11

Process of wind removing rock particles

Answer 11

Deflation

Question 12

Erosion that happens as gravity moves materials downslope

Answer 12

Mass movement

Question 13

When rivers cut through their banks and cut off a curved-looking body of water

Answer 13

Oxbow Lake

Question 14

A mound of sediments drifted by the wind

Answer 14

Dune

Question 15

Rock pieces that have weathered from a cliff by gravity

Answer 15

Talus

Question 16

Mudflows that follow volcanic eruptions

Answer 16

Lahar

Question 17

Rocks that are carved into shapes by wind

Answer 17

Ventifact

Question 18

Splitting rock without changing composition

Answer 18

Mechanical weathering

Question 19

Breaking down of rock; changing its composition

Answer 19

Chemical weathering