Vocabulary: Erosion & Deposition

Front

What is the term for layered sediment deposited by streams of water that flowed from a melting glacier?

Back

Outwash

Front

What is a mound or ridge of unsorted sediment deposited by a glacier called?

Back

Moraine

Front

What do we call a large mass of ice that formed on land and moves slowly across Earth’s surface?

Back

Glacier

Front

What is the term for a crumbly, windblown deposit of silt and clay?

Back

Loess

Front

What is a large deposit of sediment that forms where a stream enters a large body of water?

Back

Delta

Front

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

Back

Erosion

Front

What is the term for the process of sediment being dropped or settled in a new location?

Back

Deposition

Front

What is the term for the movement of rock and soil down a slope due to gravity?

Back

Mass wasting

Front

What is the term for the gradual wearing away of rock and soil by wind, water, or ice?

Back

Erosion

Front

What is the term for a landform created by the accumulation of sediment at the mouth of a river?

Back

Delta