Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition Flashcards
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sediments
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materials such as sand, soil, and gravel that are carried by moving water, wind or ice.
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glacier
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a large mass of slowly moving ice over land
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erosion
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moving water wind and ice that pick up and carry soil and other material
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sand dunes
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hills of sand that are disposition by the wind
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deposition
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dropping of the sediments after it is moved
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weathering
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rocks are broken into smaller pieces
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jetty
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structures built to save the sand on the beach
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physical weather
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the forces of wind water and ice
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chemical weathering
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the materials that rocks are made of are changed
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rapid surface changes
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landslide
earthquakes
valcanos
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slow surface changes
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weathering
deposition
erosion
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Causes of weathering, erosion, and deposition
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water
wind
ice
waves
