Flashcard #89 Landforms and Earth's Natural Destructions

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The movement of pieces of weathered rock by water, wind, or ice.

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erosion

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the part of the erosion process in which sediment travels to a new location and is laid down or dropped off

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deposition

Front

How do plants weather rocks?

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when roots grow into cracks of rocks and expand the rock

Front

Deltas are built up by -

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deposition

Front

Wind erosion forms what type of landform? Options: meander, drumlin, sand dune, sand bar

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sand dune