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science ch.8 Flashcards

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Deposition

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When material carried by erosion is carried to new places

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Erosion

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When weathered material is removed

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Mass erosion

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Downhill movement of weathered objects

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Talus

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Pile of rocks and rack particles collected at the bottom of a slope

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Runoff

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Water from rain or snow that flows into streams or rivers

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Tributary

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Small stream that flows into a larger stream

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Abrasion

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Wearing away of rock particles by wind and water

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Delta

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Triangular deposite of sediment located at the bottom

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Sediment

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Rock particles carried and deposited

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Floodplain

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Flat area along a river we’re things are deposited

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Karst typography

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Land that has sink holes

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Cavern

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Series of connected underground caves

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Sink hole

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Large hole in the ground formed when the roof of a cavern collapses

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Glacier

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Moving of river of ice and snow

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Ice cap

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Large sheets of ice found near earths poles

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Iceberg

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Large piece of glacier that enters the ocean

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Hanging valley

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Small glacial valley above a main valley

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Till

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Rock material deposited by a Glacier

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Erratic

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Boulder left behind by a retracting glacier

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Moraine

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Ridge of till deposited by a melting glacier

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Drumlin

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Oval shaped mound of till

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Kettle lake

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Lake formed by a retreating glacier

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Wave cut Terrence

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Flat section of rock formed by erosion

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Sea arch

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Yap formed when a wave completely cuts through a piece of rock

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Sea stack

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Column of rock left after the collapse of a sea stack

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Longshore current

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Movement of water parallel to a shoreline

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Spit

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Long deposit of sand connected at one end to the shore

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Sand bar

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Long offshore deposit of sand running parallel to the shore

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Deflation

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Removed of earths surface by wind

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Loess

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Thick deposit of wind blown dust

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