Changes to Earth's Surface Vocabulary

Front

What is a long area of low land between mountains or hills?

Back

Valley

Front

What is the slow process that breaks materials into smaller pieces?

Back

Weathering

Front

What is a long, ridge-like mound formed from glacial debris left behind by a glacier?

Back

Morain

Front

What is a large sheet of ice that moves slowly across the land?

Back

Glacier

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Front

What are weathered particles of soil or rock that have settled to the bottom of a body of water?

Back

Sediment

Front

What is the process by which soil and rock are removed from one location and transported to another?

Back

Erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Front

What is a landform created by the deposition of sediment at the mouth of a river?

Back

Delta

Front

What is the process of breaking down rocks by natural forces such as wind, water, and ice?

Back

Weathering

Front

What is a steep-sided valley formed by the erosion of a river?

Back

Canyon

Front

What is the term for the movement of sediment from one place to another?

Back

Erosion

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