Surface forces Flashcards
Particle
Is a very small piece of something
Fragment
A small piece broken off something
Thermal
Affected by heat
Fracturing
Breaking, Splitting or cracking something
Scree
An accumulation of loose stones or rocky debris lying on a slope or lying at the base of a hill or a cliff
Decompose
To rot or break down
Dissolved
To become absorbed in a liquid
Sediment
Is material, from fine mud to large rocks, that has been deposited by the agents of erosion
Waterfall
A vertical stream of water were a River Falls over the edge of a steep place
Rapid
An area where a river becomes shallower and has some rocks exposed above the flow of surface water
Meander
Is sharp bend in a river
Longshore drift
The movement of material, such as sand along a coast by wave action
Glacier
Is a slow moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compacting of snow on very cold areas, such as mountains or near the Poles
Hanging Valley
Is a tributary Valley that joins and main Valley where the letter has been deepened, usually by Glacial erosion, resulting in a steep drop from the floor of the tributary Valley to the floor of the main Valley
truncated spur
The Blunt edge of a spur that has been eroded by a glacier
Moraine
Bodies of till carried in or on glaciers
Dune
A hill of sand built up by wind deposition
Prevailing winds
A wind that comes mainly from one direction
Eddy
A movement of wind that changes direction
Degraded
Is reduced in quality, less fertile soil
Run - off
Water that flows across the soil
Humus
Decaying plant and animal remains
Donga
Is a gully formed by erosion
